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Lexical Stylistic Devices Personification Apostrophe Personification Definition:. Different ways of expression: Functions Some examples Definition Personification is that something is personified or something described is treated as the person and entrusted temporarily with person’s shape, characteristic or feeling. Different ways of expression Personification describes something by using the nouns ,the verbs, the adjectives, or the pronouns which are originally only suitable for persons, and entrusts them with person’s characteristics, thought and behaviors, thus to achieve the aim of expressing the sentiment profoundly and describe the things vividly. 1. Expressed by nouns The anger of the tempest terrified him. The smiles of spring make every girl dance. The cruelty of war is beyond our imagination. Procrastination is the thief of time ——————是时光窃贼 Everywhere can be heard the whisper of leaves in forest in this season. 2. Expressed by verbs and adjectives The flowers smile at every visitor. 花儿在向游客们微笑 On entering the room, we heard the kettle singing. The hungry flames tear up the buildings faster than anything I have seen. hungry flames------- 如恶狼般的火焰 The treacherous sea has ruined many a steamer. 3. Expressed by pronouns —Feminine and Masculine Nature—Mother Nature Earth—Mother Earth Morning—Daughter of the dawn (used by Homer) The moon– Diana; queen of heaven, queen of night (used by Shakespeare) The sun– Apollo The river– the father of waters Functions of Personification Abstraction Time Natural phenomenon Inanimate objects Abstraction Personification can treat abstract things or the concepts as human beings, entrust them with person’s characteristics, ways of behavior or thoughts, and so on. Example: Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. Time Morning found them hanging on trees in once– peaceful forests. The year 1949 saw the founding of the Peopl