Understanding Personification in Literature
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What is personification?

  • Depicting realistic scenes from everyday life
  • Giving human characteristics to animals and inanimate objects (correct)
  • Describing human emotions in great detail
  • Creating fictional characters in literature

    • In the given text, Emily Dickinson uses personification to describe which of the following?

  • Birds
  • Brooks (correct)
  • Shadows
  • Flowers

    • Which type of language does personification fall under?

  • Imaginative language (correct)
  • Abstract language
  • Technical language
  • Literal language

    • In what context does the text mention Disney cartoons?

    <p>To provide examples of personification</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the text describe the concept of personification?

    <p>As a literary device to create vivid imagery</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which famous historical event is mentioned in connection to personification in the text?

    <p>Paul Revere's Ride</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the poet describe time in the context of personification in the text?

    <p>'Time is an unrelenting force'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main difference between personification and apostrophe as described in the text?

    <p>Personification gives human qualities to objects, while apostrophe has characters addressing objects directly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In 'The Book Thief,' how is Death portrayed as a character?

    <p>Death is a multifaceted character that the reader can get to know.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which literary device does the line 'O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die.' from 'Romeo and Juliet' exemplify?

    <p>Apostrophe</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of characters like Obstinate, Piety, Faithful, and Hopeful in John Bunyan's 'The Pilgrim's Progress'?

    <p>They are allegorical characters personifying different virtues.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of the gilded weathercock in the text provided?

    <p>It symbolizes the impending battle and bloodshed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does Markus Zusak's 'The Book Thief' differ from John Bunyan's 'The Pilgrim's Progress' in terms of character portrayal?

    <p>'The Book Thief' portrays Death as a multifaceted character, unlike the allegorical characters in 'The Pilgrim's Progress.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Frankenstein' by Mary Shelley features a narrator who addresses 'stars and clouds and winds' as if they were characters. What literary device is being used in this scenario?

    <p>Apostrophe</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'The Book Thief' by Markus Zusak is narrated by which character?

    <p>'Death'</p> Signup and view all the answers

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