"It was as loud as a lion." Or something else.
The television shot noise at me
Yes, in "Matilda" by Roald Dahl, there is an example of personification in the phrase "The television was whispering away to itself in the corner." Personification is used here to give human-like qualities to the television as if it were whispering like a person.
I'm pretty sure
Personification is, in my own words, giving something that is not human the traits of a human. For example, "the TV screamed for my attention" is personification. A TV cannot literally scream, but it is easy to understand that a loud TV is playing and it is getting my attention.
what does the microwave timer told me it was time to turn my TV dinner mean
Mr. Ed the talking horse (a 1960s TV show). Joke: A horse walks into a bar and the bartender asks "Why the long face?"
Personification
It is personification without meaning to use personification
There is no personification going on here.
No, personification does not have a prefix
personification
Personification is a figure of speech in, which an object or animal is spoken of as if it had human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.