About The Word Prosopopoeia
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Prosopopoeia
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What's The Definition Of Prosopopoeia?
[n] representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
Synonyms | Synonyms for Prosopopoeia: personification Related Terms | Find terms related to Prosopopoeia: See Also | figure | figure of speech | image | trope Prosopopoeia In Webster's Dictionary \Pros`o*po*p[oe]"ia\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; pro`swpon
a face, a person + ? to make.] (Rhet.)
A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by
which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings;
also, a figure by which an absent person is introduced as
speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and
present. It includes personification, but is more extensive
in its signification.
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