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Tag Archives: non-human
Anthropomorphism: Always a Bad Idea Outside of Fiction?
Assigning human characteristics to non-human things is a time-honored writing technique. Most writers are not only aware of and familiar with the idea of personification—describing something as a person when it definitely is not—but at some point in their educations … Continue reading →
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