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Works of
Art
2.3.2.8.Pelrl!ll:rnifkatiol!ll
Personification
is
a
type
of
metaphor
which clistinct
h:rmalll qualities, e.g.,
honesty,
volition,
are attributed
to
ac"l
object
or
idea
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fggrative.htmlEMlish
8703).
Tl:lis fig1:u:a1ive
language provides sornething
nonhuman with human
qualities.
PeJ!'soni!icattia•n
means
making
an
object
act
like a person
or
aniJCJal
(http://v.'Ww.geocities.com/
Athens/ Parthenon/9502/figrty.html).
examples:
The trees wttlspered
in the
fcg crept
on
cat feet.
(·www.lansd.kl2.ca.us/kennedy HS/staffi'g::gcia/Termsff enns.hhnl)
:sa IRg
Slang
is
one
of
a
few
taken
consisting
of
words
expressions
are not considered
appmpriate for
tormal
Slang
is usually in eesual
coJ"tVe r:s<ttio•n
among
friends.
Therefore,
it is
inappropriate
for use
formal
&"ld
writing, unless it
is
placed
in quotation
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