CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE NECKLACE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
when an author gives human characteristics to non-human things or ideas
A
personification
B
hyperbole
C
simile
D
metaphor
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What Is Anthropomorphism? Anthropomorphism is a literary device that assigns human characteristics to nonhuman entities like animals or inanimate objects.

Detailed explanation-2: -Personification is the attribution of human characteristics to abstract ideas, natural phenomena, or inanimate objects in a figurative manner. Personification is a common literary device in poetry and literature.

Detailed explanation-3: -Personification and anthropomorphism are similar literary devices writers use to personify objects with different impacts. Personification uses figurative language to give inanimate objects or natural phenomena humanlike characteristics in a representative way.

Detailed explanation-4: -Personification Personification is giving human qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics to inanimate (non-living) objects. For example: The window winked at me. The verb, wink, is a human action. A window is an inanimate object.

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