Unit 2 - Personification
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Jackie Farrugia
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Personification is a specific type of metaphor. Generally, personification is defined as a literary device that assigns human qualities and attributes to objects or other non-human things.
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Multiple Select
Where's the personification?
Mister Sun wakes up at dawn
Puts his golden slippers on
Climbs the sky at noon
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Poll
Which do you think is a more interesting sentence?
Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.
Rita wanted to eat the last piece of pie.
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Multiple Choice
Lightning danced across the sky.
What is being personified?
sky
lightning
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DANCING is a human quality. Describing what the lightning was doing by using the word dancing lets you form an image in your mind.
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Multiple Choice
The wind howled in the night.
What is being personified here?
wind
night
howling
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Describing the wind by saying it was howling allows you to imagine what it sounded like.
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Open Ended
The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.
What is ANOTHER way you could personify a car?
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Multiple Choice
Which of these is an example of personification?
My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.
My alarm clock rang as loud as a rock concert.
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Multiple Choice
The dog batted her lashes when she looked up at me because she wanted more food.
Which part of this sentence shows personification?
wanted more food
batted her lashes
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Open Ended
Name something you can see right now. Make sure it is not a human!
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Open Ended
Use personification to describe that item.
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