HungrySheep
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The dog do walk tho.
Yes, but it's still a personification and I hate this fact. Something about it really annoys me.The dog do walk tho.
Uh...no. That's not what personification is. Those are literal descriptions. Dogs do, in fact, walk. Plants do, in fact, grow.Every time we use a verb on a non human it's technically a personification. That means that "the dog walks" "the plant grows" "the water flows" "the sun shines" are personification.
What?Every time we use a verb on a non human it's technically a personification. That means that "the dog walks" "the plant grows" "the water flows" "the sun shines"
???Every time we use a verb on a non human it's technically a personification.
I was thinking the same thing. I am glad you pointed it out, and speaking of which I love personification!What?
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Uh...no. That's not what personification is. Those are literal descriptions. Dogs do, in fact, walk. Plants do, in fact, grow.
Personification is when you ascribe human actions or feelings to a non-human thing that isn't actually capable of those actions or feelings. It's a type of metaphor.
"The sun shines." = Not personification. The sun actually does shine. (This actually can't be personification because humans don't shine.)
"The sun smiled kindly down on the meadow below." = Personification. The sun doesn't literally smile and isn't capable of feeling kindness (as far as we know).
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Some teachers hate being wrong. I learned after I corrected teachers to never do it again when I got hit with the stare of death....
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*punches the wall*
Please tell that my german teacher, I tried to convince him but he convinced me by saying that it's a over interpretation of the personification and I didn't even check other sources, so I was just now quite inane.
That reminds me of the time a teacher screamed at me for having a different opinion. My main class teacher even warned me of german teacher because they have too much pride, but he is okay with criticism, the funniest thing about him is that he is narcissistic and he has every right to be narcissistic.Some teachers hate being wrong. I learned after I corrected teachers to never do it again when I got hit with the stare of death.
I don't think anybody really has a 'right to be narcissistic', but I do understand it to an extent. And for some people they are worse off because they don't feel compassion.That reminds me of the time a teacher screamed at me for having a different opinion. My main class teacher even warned me of german teacher because they have too much pride, but he is okay with criticism, the funniest thing about him is that he is narcissistic and he has every right to be narcissistic.
i'm a bit confused... the definition of personification is attributing human-like qualities to inanimate objects or abstractions. simply "the noun verbs" shouldn't be, as that's like, 95% of all sentences. stating that a dog is doing a verb that a dog is capable of doing without adding human-like qualities to it is personification, how?My favorite stylistic device is the hyperbole because exaggeration is quite fun.
My most hated stylistic device is the personification, why because it's dump. Every time we use a verb on a non human it's technically a personification. That means that "the dog walks" "the plant grows" "the water flows" "the sun shines" are personification. yes, I created the threat to rant about personifications but to my defense there is no threat about stylistic devices here (that I found).
I also, but I use it sparingly, to describe a colourful room I once wrote.I love personification!
I love stuff like that. Of course, everything is better off if used sparingly. Anything can become dry if you use it too much.I also, but I use it sparingly, to describe a colourful room I once wrote.
"It was as if a paint store walked in and threw up on everything. "
It was the fault of me and an inane teacher, read the comments above yours.i'm a bit confused... the definition of personification is attributing human-like qualities to inanimate objects or abstractions. simply "the noun verbs" shouldn't be, as that's like, 95% of all sentences. stating that a dog is doing a verb that a dog is capable of doing without adding human-like qualities to it is personification, how?
I mean, would you say "The dog breathed" or "the dog lived" or "the dog existed" were also personification? if so, then nothing outside of humans exist outside of personification. which would make it the standard, and *us* the oddities in need of classification as a device, wouldn't it? or is there another definition aside from webster's that I'm unaware of?
Is it possible that the terms they use in German don't quite line up with how they're used in English? Not like teachers never flat-out get things wrong, of course. But...you know...trying to give people the benefit of the doubt and all....It was the fault of me and an inane teacher, read the comments above yours.
lol my bad. I got distracted writing the comment, so I didn't see it when I posted the comment.It was the fault of me and an inane teacher, read the comments above yours.
I don't give people the benefit of the doubt, especially when it's this obvious.But...you know...trying to give people the benefit of the doubt and all....
Both me and my teacher are at fault for this situation. There is never only one reason why something happened.Either way, I wouldn't say it's your fault.
Happens.lol my bad. I got distracted writing the comment, so I didn't see it when I posted the comment.
That reminds me of one of my favorite opening lines of a book:I also, but I use it sparingly, to describe a colourful room I once wrote.
"It was as if a paint store walked in and threw up on everything. "
He did? I had no idea, I just remember studying his works at uni and how he coined several SF concepts that later became real things.William Gibson before he got completely weird.
I don't mean personally, but his later books felt a lot more experimental, and not in ways that worked well for me.He did? I had no idea, I just remember studying his works at uni and how he coined several SF concepts that later became real things.