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It is personification. Simile and metaphor are both comparing X to Y, but in different ways. A simile always uses "like" or "as": "The rustling of the branches was like trees whispering to each ...
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2019-12-13T12:00:27Z (about 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T03:56:17Z (about 5 years ago)
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It is personification. Simile and metaphor are both comparing X to Y, but in different ways. A _simile_ always uses "like" or "as": "The rustling of the branches was like trees whispering to each other." A _metaphor_ uses symbolism. It's something which can't be literal: "Their hissing gossip was the rustle of tree branches: indistinct, indecipherable, far above my head." _Personification_ (sometimes known as _anthropomorphism_) is ascribing human actions and/or motivations to non-human actors or objects: "The trees whispered." (Trees have no mouths or ears, so they can't whisper.) _Onomatopoeia_ is when a word sounds like the sound it's describing: _bark, boing, whoosh, hiss._ [edited to fix ridiculous error]
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2014-12-28T19:11:24Z (almost 10 years ago)
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