EX--->Hear the wind sing as it is blowing.
the wind cannot sing;the wind cannot do something humans can, that is personification.
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Personification can sometimes be funny as it gives inhuman things human characteristics.
Personification is a unique and impressive literary tool.
The hammer talked to the nail.
Yes, the sentence "leaves danced in the breeze" is an example of personification because leaves cannot actually dance like humans do. Personification is when human characteristics are given to non-human things.
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The writer's personification of animals won him great regard.
To answer your question accurately, I would need the specific sentence from The Declaration of Independence that you're referring to. However, in general, personification occurs when human qualities are attributed to non-human entities or abstract concepts. If a sentence describes a concept like liberty or justice as if it could act or feel, it exemplifies personification by giving that concept life-like characteristics.
The trees personification lit up the whole forest.
EX--->Hear the wind sing as it is blowing. the wind cannot sing;the wind cannot do something humans can, that is personification. :)
A sentence using personification is "the wind gently brushed the hair away from my face."
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Yes, the sentence "the sun peeked over the horizon" contains personification because it attributes human-like qualities (peeking) to the sun.