Question

Write a paragraph on the figurative speech ’personification’ and also write

some examples.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Personification gives human traits and qualities, such as emotions, desires, sensations, gestures and speech, often by way of a metaphor. Personification is much used in visual arts. Examples in writing are "the leaves waved in the wind", "the ocean heaved a sigh" or "the Sun smiled at us".

Example:

Lightning danced across the sky.

The wind howled in the night.

The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.

Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.

My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.

The avalanche devoured anything standing in its way.