Personification

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Personification

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Giving human characteristics to non-human things

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Which is an example of personification? Options: I am so hungry I could eat a horse, The sun is like a light bulb, The Sun smiled at us, I want to be awesome

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The Sun smiled at us

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"The camera loves me!"

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Photos of me are always really good.

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What is being personified in the sentence: "The gardener lovingly added the manure to his crops believing he was making happy flowers."? Options: The gardener, The flowers, The crops.

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The flowers

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What is being personified in the sentence: "After he ate the chocolate chip cookies, guilt poked and chewed at Anthony"? Options: The chocolate chips, The cookie, Anthony, Guilt

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Guilt

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What is being personified in the sentence: "As we walked through the scorching desert, the sun beat down on us."? Options: The sun, The desert, The people walking.

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The sun

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What is being personified when the patriots defeated the redcoat army, freedom rang across the fruited plains?

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Freedom

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Which of the following is NOT an example of personification?

• The star I wished on winked at me.
• The trout danced on the water's surface.
• The angry mirror showed every wrinkle on his face.
• The sun was warm on the child's face.

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The sun was warm on the child's face.

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The sun _____ down on the Earth.

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smiled

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Which of the following sentences is an example of personification?

The slimy eel slithered through the seaweed.

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The stand of trees was a festival of color that fall.

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The dandelions stood tall, proudly surveying the rest of the yard.

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The snails crept along the sidewalk, moving as slowly as a glacier.

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The dandelions stood tall, proudly surveying the rest of the yard.