prosopopoeia
/ˌprɒsəpəˈpiːə/noun
mass noun
1
- a figure of speech in which an abstract thing is personified拟人法。
2
- a figure of speech in which an imagined or absent person or thing is represented as speaking活现法（表现虚构人或物、缺席人或物说话的修辞手法）。
词源
mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek prosōpopoiia,from prosōpon 'person'+poiein 'to make'.