Prosopopœia /(?)/

Pros·o·po·pœ·ia

Prosopopœia

n.
  1. A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also, a figure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and present. It includes personification, but is more extensive in its signification. (Rhet.)