Personification

=Personification= the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or ideas.

=Noteable example:= In "[|Riki-tiki-tavi,]" the mongoose and the cobras are personified, conversing as if they were human.

"Riki-tiki licked his lips. "This is a splendid hunting ground," he said, and his tail grew bottlebrushy at the thought of it:... -Rudyard Kipling