Personification

Personification is a figure of speech that attributes human qualities, actions, or feelings to nonhuman beings, objects, or abstractions.

Anthropomorphism: The attribution of human form, behavior, or psychology to nonhuman beings or entities. It gives nonhumans a more sustained human character than personification usually does.
Aesop's Fables: A collection of short fables traditionally attributed to the ancient Greek storyteller Aesop. Talking animals act as human characters whose choices carry the fables’ lessons.
Agency (philosophy): The capacity to act, make choices, or bring about effects. Personification assigns agency to entities that do not literally possess it.
Environmental communication: Communication about environmental issues, including how language and imagery shape public understanding. Personified nature can make environmental damage easier to relate to, but may simplify ecological systems.
Pathetic fallacy: The attribution of human emotions or moods to nature, especially in literature. It is a narrower literary use of attributing human feeling to the natural world.
The Wind in the Willows: A 1908 novel by Kenneth Grahame about anthropomorphic animals living along an English river. Its animal characters illustrate sustained anthropomorphism, a close relative of personification.
Semantic role: The function a noun phrase serves in relation to a predicate, such as agent or patient. Personification often casts a nonhuman subject in the agent role of a human action.
Animal rights: The view that animals have rights that protect their interests and welfare. Humanlike animal characters can encourage concern for animals while obscuring their distinct needs.
Metaphor: A figure of speech that describes one thing in terms of another to suggest a resemblance. Personification often works by metaphorically treating a nonhuman subject as human.
The Giving Tree: A 1964 picture book by Shel Silverstein about a tree and its relationship with a boy. The tree’s choices and generosity are presented in human terms.

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