I believe the type of figurative language in which an inanimate object is given human characteristics is anthropomorphism.
Anthropomorphism
This answer is wrong. This is the literary device in which animals or objects are given human qualities not the other way round. I don't know the answer that is why I looked it up.
Personification. It can be used to refer to giving human characteristics to anything non-human.
I don't believe that's what he/she was asking. Personification is giving human characteristics to anything nonhuman, correct. But he/she was asking about animal characteristics to humans, the opposite. The answer to your question may be "Zoomorphication" but its kind of a stretch
It can be called anthropomorphism ('shape like a human' in Greek) or personification ('make like a person').
Personification!
personification
Personification
Subject related too in terms of analogies.
Many genres can employ techniques such as figurative language to explore thoughts about a subject in a concise way. However, poetry is the most common.
Language that goes beyond the ordinary meaning of words. Figurative language is different from literal language in that the former uses all kinds of techniques including metaphor, simile, and so on to get its message across whilst the latter (literal) uses straightforward factual language. Figurative speech is desirable for novel writing because it is more interesting but literal is more appropriate in an official document and in academic writing. Non-literal or figurative language refers to words, and groups of words, that exaggerate or alter the usual meanings of the component words.
Language not meant to be taken literally.For example: you are what you eat is not meant to be taken literally, its not like if you eat a hot dog you are a hot dog! haha that would be literal, but luckily that's not possible.figurative language is a simile it is when someone/you compare it to something/someoneexample:she is as tall as a treeit means figures of speech
Figurative language is a part of speech. Examples of figurative language are Similes Metaphors Personification Hyperbole Idioms Alliteration and something else. A simile is when you compare 2 things using like or as. A metaphor is saying that something is something for example we were a herd of wild beasts. Personification is when you give something human characteristics. Hyperbole's are fun they tend to be silly. Idioms is saying something that means something else for example many people say it's raining cats and dogs. It means it is pouring down rain. And last is Alliteration it is saying a group of 3 or more words that start with the same sound for example the Lazy Lions Lounging under the tree
Personification is the type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.
I believe the type of figurative language in which an inanimate object is given human characteristics is anthropomorphism.
Subject related too in terms of analogies.
Many genres can employ techniques such as figurative language to explore thoughts about a subject in a concise way. However, poetry is the most common.
Figurative Language: Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else, you are using figurative language. Any language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words in order to furnish new effects or fresh insights into an idea or a subject. The most common figures of speech are simile, metaphor, and alliteration.
Language that goes beyond the ordinary meaning of words. Figurative language is different from literal language in that the former uses all kinds of techniques including metaphor, simile, and so on to get its message across whilst the latter (literal) uses straightforward factual language. Figurative speech is desirable for novel writing because it is more interesting but literal is more appropriate in an official document and in academic writing. Non-literal or figurative language refers to words, and groups of words, that exaggerate or alter the usual meanings of the component words.
Language not meant to be taken literally.For example: you are what you eat is not meant to be taken literally, its not like if you eat a hot dog you are a hot dog! haha that would be literal, but luckily that's not possible.figurative language is a simile it is when someone/you compare it to something/someoneexample:she is as tall as a treeit means figures of speech
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A.communicates an emotional connection with a subject by using figurative language to create mental pictures.