Among rhetoricians, however, the word tenor more specifically refers to the subject of a vehicle in a metaphorical statement. For instance, if a writer claimed, Mrs. Higgins is a witch, the tenor of the term witch is Mrs. Higgins.
Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, and intentions to non-human entities and is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology. Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics to abstract concepts such as nations, emotions and natural forces like seasons and the weather.
Synapomorphy is a shared derived character or trait state that distinguishes a clade from other organisms.[1] In other words, it is an apomorphy shared by members of a monophyletic group, and thus assumed to be present in their most recent common ancestor. The word synapomorphy, coined by German entomologist Willi Hennig, is derived from the Greek words ÏÏÎ½, syn = shared; á¼ÏÏ, apo = away from; and Î¼Î¿ÏÏÎ®, morphe = shape.