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Personification

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A rhetorical device that attributes human qualities, emotions, or actions to non-human things, animals, or abstract concepts.

AP course connection

Topic 9.2: 9.2 Crafting an argument through stylistic choices like word choice and description

Unit 9