Transferred Epithets Versus Personification Don't confuse transferred epithets with personification, a figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is given human qualities or abilities. One of literature's best examples of personification is a descriptiveline from the poem"Fog" by ac...
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TransferredEpithet •Definition:Atransferredepithet,isafigureofspeechwhereanepithet(anadjectiveordescriptivephrase)istransferredfromthenounitshouldrightlymodifytoanothertowhichitdoesnorreallybelong.•Generallytheepithetistransferredfromapersontoathingoridea.Examples •Ahappythoughtstruckme.•ahappyperson •...