A word to stand on its own would be a word that is a sentence on its own.
Words Like This Are: And, Eat, Play most adjectives. Because if your friend asked you what you wanted to do you would simply say "Play." or "Read." or such thing as your name can be a word to stand on its own. If you meet a new person and they introduce themselves and ask for your name, typically you are to say "Bob." or "John." or whatever you name might be.
We have a place, a compound. We have a community. It's safe here. How many of you are there? Are any of them children? Because the fastest way to get here is by the river, and I don't think you could make it with kids. Listen to me. I'm only gonna say this once. We are going on the trip now. It's going to be rough. It's gonna feel like it's going on for a long time, so it's gonna be hard to stay alert. It's gonna be even harder to be quiet, but you have to do both. You have to do every single thing I say or we will not make it. Understand? Under no circumstance are you allowed to take off your blindfold. If I find that you have, I will hurt you. Do you understand? It's cold. We have blankets. Boy, you have your dog. Girl, you have your kitty. This is just a place.
No. Personification is used to give human-like attributes to non living thing. It may be alliteration, for there are two words with the same beginning sound.
