When an author gives human qualities to an animal in a story they anthropomorphize it.
Personification
The term for assigning human attributes is anthropomorphism. Examples are fables and animal cartoons.
Personification is when an author gives in inanimate object human qualities. example: The leaves danced in the wind.
Describing an animal or thing with human qualities is called anthropomorphism. It involves attributing human characteristics, emotions, or behaviors to non-human entities.
personification
Actually, personification gives human qualities to non-human things.
Actually, personification gives human qualities to non-human things.
It's called personification.
personification or anthropomorphism
Personalisation or (if it's an animal) anthropomorphism.
Anthropomorphizing
an anthro-dog is a half human half animal AKA a furry