Definition of prosopopeia

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pro·so·po·pe·ia also pro·so·po·poe·ia    (pr-sp-p) KEY 

NOUN:

1. A figure of speech in which an absent or imaginary person is represented as speaking.
2. See personification.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Latin prospopoeia, from Greek prospopoii : prospon, face, mask, dramatic character ( pros-, pros- + pon, face from ps, p-, eye; see ok^w- in Indo-European roots) + poiein, to make; see k^wei-² in Indo-European roots