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/pɹəˌsəʊpəˈpiːə/ · noun
(rhetoric) An act of personifying a person or object when communicating to an audience; a figure of speech involving this..
Of the prosopopœia or personification, there are two kinds: one when action and character are attributed to fictitious, irrational, or even inanimate objects; the others, when a probable but fictitious speech is assigned to a real character.
Prosopopœia a new person feigns, And to inanimates speech and actions deigns.
Hence the frequency and beauty of the prosopopoeia in poetry, where trees, mountains, and streams are personified, and the inanimate parts of nature acquire sentiment and passion.
Use prosopopoeia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Prosopopoeia means (rhetoric) An act of personifying a person or object when communicating to an audience; a figure of speech involving this..
Common synonyms include personification.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Of the prosopopœia or personification, there are two kinds: one when action and character are attributed to fictitious, irrational, or even inanimate objects; the others, when a probable but fictitious speech is assigned to a real character.
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