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Word: Prosopopoeia
Speech Type: Noun
mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek prosōpopoiia, from prosōpon ‘person’ + poiein ‘to make’
ˌprɒsəpəˈpiːə
a figure of speech in which an abstract thing is personified.
Short Definition:figure of speech in which abstract thing is personified
a figure of speech in which an imagined, absent, or dead person or thing is represented as speaking.
Short Definition:figure of speech in which imagined, absent, or dead person or thing is represented as speaking
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