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personification.
a metaphor is a statement that compairs two things and doesn't use the words 'like' or 'as'. for example: "The pillow is a cloud." Symbolism is I think when you make a reference to a well known event that most or everyone know about or its the emotions and thoughts connected to a certain word like 'The American Flag' people associate this flag or symbol with freedon, bravery, sacrifice and etc.

Answer:

A writer's giving an inanimate object human characteristics is personification.

Explanation:

Personification is the figure of speech in which the nonhuman things are attributed to human characteristics. Metaphor is the comparison made between two things which have one characteristic in common to them. Symbolism is the way of representing one thing with some other quality.