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You might remember this famous Shakespeare poetry from school. You might also remember your literature teacher telling you about the different figurative languages and persuasive writing techniques. Personification is one of them, and is often used in poetry for bringing inanimate objects to life. Personification is a literary device used in writing. We use it to relate a life-less object with human characteristics. This is because it adds life to the content, and helps convey concepts in a fun way. The phrase, "The wind howled, and the trees chirped" is an example of personification. Here you can see that wind and tree