What is the english technique called where you make non-physical concepts physical?

Question

Examples:

"My dreams were crushed..."

"All my fears screamed at once..."

"My thoughts were scattered and frantic..."

"The humour of the situation deflated instantly..."

"Her envy was overflowing..."

"His pride was suddenly burned..."

"Her morals were deeply rooted from her childhood..."

Answer 1

whoa there! personification is giving human characteristics to non-human entities be them objects or ideas.

Making nonphysical objects physical is only called abstraction and is a much broader term than personification.

Personification:

My envy spoke

Fate saw or heard

Love touches the heart

Abstraction:

speaking of nonphysical things as if they are things

love, hate, freedom, identity, feelings, beliefs

Answer 2

Personification!

Answer 3

Metaphor?

Concretisation?

Embodiment?

Good question!

Answer 4

personification

Answer 5

The verb "to reify" (pronounced either REE-uh-fie or RAY-uh-fie) means to treat an abstraction as if it were a concrete thing.