LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY

GENRE AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Talking animals is an example of what type of figurative language?
A
alliteration
B
simile
C
metaphor
D
Personification
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Anthropomorphism is literal. Speaking animals or objects who talk, think, or behave like humans are all anthropomorphic.

Detailed explanation-2: -For example: The cat danced around the toy mouse before pouncing on it. In this example, the personification comes from the word “danced.” Cats cannot dance in the way humans do, but we are giving a human characteristic to the cat in order to describe the way in which the cat moves around the mouse.

Detailed explanation-3: -Using personification affects the way readers imagine things, and it sparks an interest in the subject. An example of personification is, “The sun greeted me when I woke up in the morning.” The sun is a non-human object but has been given human characteristics since greetings can only be performed by living creatures.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

There is 1 question to complete.