Personification: a stylistic device that can yell, murmur, wink, and mock 🦋

Personification is the stylistic device we played with in my Creative Writing Club today. This device involves attributing human qualities to inanimate objects.

Here are some examples from our creative session:

🦋 The closed door ...

- The closed door was grinning at me, daring me to open it. (Ekaterina Kachalova)

- The closed door was winking at me with its keyholes as if trying to say "Don't give up, pal!" (Yuliya Gamza)

- The closed door was murmuring in low deep voice as if inviting her to approach and dare take a peek inside. (Evgenia Karabatova)

🦋 The morning cup of coffee …

- The morning cup of coffee was shouting at me angrily: "Wake up, you sleepy bastard. You're late!!" (Ekaterina Kachalova)

- The morning espresso slapped me right in the face. (Taisiya Voloshina)

- The morning cup of coffee waltzed with me through my morning routine. (Lana Gagaeva)

🦋 Your turn. Finish one of the beginnings with personification in the comments:

- The closed door was
- The morning cup of coffee …
- The essay …

Image by the wonderful Anna Skopina 💜

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