PERSONIFICATION
Personification - a type of figurative language that gives human qualities to non human objects.
Waves are not human, so they cannot run. But we can say that the waves ran onto shore to show how they move. Saying that the waves did the human action of running makes this example a personification.
More Examples
1. The soft breeze was whispering to the trees.
2. The stars were winking at me last night.
3. The flowers are dancing in the wind.
4. The birds sing happily on the warm Spring day.
5. Time only runs forward.
2. The stars were winking at me last night.
3. The flowers are dancing in the wind.
4. The birds sing happily on the warm Spring day.
5. Time only runs forward.
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