Personification

=**Personification**= Per-son-i-fi-ca-tion- is the attribution of human powers or qualities to something that is not human. (2)

On Pages 174-176 there is an example of Phillis Wheatley's personification of America (2) Literature Text Book http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/o/julyo02/Rock-Man.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/o/julyo02/julyo02j.htm&h=231&w=275&sz=27&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=DuxqqNPh8mdGwM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=114&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drock%2Bman%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3Dlang_en (8)

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