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Tuesday, 13 June 2017

Pathetic Fallacy

Pathetic Fallacy
Definition: Pathetic fallacy is a type of literary device whereby the author ascribes the human feelings of one or more of his/her characters to non-human objects or nature or phenomena. It is a type of personification, and is known to occur more by accident and less on purpose.

Example: The softly whistling teapot informed him it was time for breakfast.

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