Personification:
"I did my best, but Success ran away from me at full speed."
"That Hamburger is calling my name!"
Objectification:
"Yes, yes, I know you're not a doormat. Now can I borrow your car again?"
"Stop asking me for money! Do I look like the Bank of England to you?"
"My teacher to my Mom that I was just a bump on a log. She told him that she wished that I was like that at home too."