ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

GOTHIC LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
True or False:personification give human qualities to non-human objects?
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Personification is the attribution of human qualities, characteristics, or behaviours to non-humans, be they animals, inanimate objects, or even intangible concepts. “The moon glared in the window at me.” This is personification.

Detailed explanation-2: -What Is Anthropomorphism? Anthropomorphism is a literary device that assigns human characteristics to nonhuman entities like animals or inanimate objects.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Personification is the use of figurative language to give inanimate objects or natural phenomena humanlike characteristics in a metaphorical and representative way. Anthropomorphism, on the other hand, involves non-human things displaying literal human traits and being capable of human behavior.

Detailed explanation-5: -Object personification is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human agents. In online forums, autistic individuals commonly report experiencing this phenomenon.

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