Personification

Personification-figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is given human qualities or abilities.

Examples: 1) In //Animal Farm,// all of the animals have the ability to talk, which is a human quality. Therefore, this novel shows the literary term of personification. 2) In the tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, Juliet speaks this line of personification in which the sun is given human characteristics: "Arise, fair sun and kill the envious moon."