LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY
GENRE AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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Question
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What is an example of Personification?
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“The Stars are smiling and winking at us”
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“Melvin is very alert”
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“I was so tired, I slept for a month”
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“I do not like Pickles”
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -One of the more famous examples of personfication is found in the sentence: The stars winked in the night sky. In this particular example, the reader is aware that stars do not have eyes, thus they cannot literally wink.
Detailed explanation-2: -Romeo uses personification to describe death. He says death has “sucked the honey” (line 92) of Juliet’s breath but has “no power yet upon [Juliet’s] beauty” (line 93). This means that Juliet cannot breathe or speak, but she still looks as beautiful to Romeo, as she did when she was alive.
Detailed explanation-3: -Personification Examples in Everyday Language The sun kissed me while I was clicking a picture. The flowers danced to the wind.
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