How to pronounce personification
American English pronunciation
pur-son-uh-fih-KAY-shun
- IPA
- /pɚˌsɑnəfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Syllables
- pur · son · uh · fih · KAY · shun (6 syllables, stress on the 5th)
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What personification means
Describing a thing as if it were a person with feelings
In a sentence: The poem uses personification when it says the wind whispered secrets.
Where it comes from: It comes from personify, an old word meaning "to show something as a person."
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