Personification is the figurative device used in the lyrics of Michael Jackson's song 'Thriller,' attributing human characteristics to terror.
Personification is the figurative device used in Michael Jackson's "Thriller" lyrics, "You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it." Personification attributes human characteristics, like the ability to take sounds, to non-human things. In this case, terror is personified as being capable of stealing the sound of a scream.
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