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Personification is when non human things or ideas have human qualities or actions
Something that is not real can do what a human does
The wind whistled throughout the night.
The NON HUMAN THING is the wind.
The HUMAN ACTION they are given is whistling.
"A thicket of berry bushes protects it from unwanted eyes."
The NON HUMAN THING is the berry bush. The HUMAN ACTION is protect.
"He lists the disasters, the droughts, the storms, the fires, the encroaching seas that swallowed up so much of the land..."
The NON HUMAN THING is the berry bush. The HUMAN ACTION is swallowed.
"...I always take a moment to listen carefully for the hum that means the fence is live."
The NON HUMAN THING is the fence. The NON HUMAN QUALITY is hum.
" But the money ran out and we were slowly starving to death. "
The NON HUMAN THING is the money. The NON HUMAN ACTION is running,
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