Prosopopoeia
or prosopopeia
[proh-soh-puh-pee-uh] /proʊˌsoʊ pəˈpi ə/
noun, Rhetoric.
1.
personification, as of inanimate things.
2.
a figure of speech in which an imaginary, absent, or deceased person is represented as speaking or acting.
prosopopoeia
/ˌprɒsəpəˈpiːə/
noun
1.
(rhetoric) another word for personification
2.
a figure of speech that represents an imaginary, absent, or dead person speaking or acting
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