Personification and Hyperbole

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Personification

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When you make animals and objects seem like people

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What is being personified in the sentence: "The wind whispered through the dark and gloomy forest"? Options: The forest, The wind, A person whispering, An animal

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The wind

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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 desert, The people walking, The sun, A river.

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The sun

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What is being personified in the sentence: "The shiny car called out to Tom, saying he should buy it."?

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The shiny car

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What is being personified in the sentence: "The ugly, brown wallpaper screamed at Paula as she entered the old house"?

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The wallpaper

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What is being personified in the sentence: "The angry clouds marched across the sky"?

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The clouds

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What is being personified in the sentence: "My old computer is refusing to turn back on again, because I spilled my coffee on it."? Options: The computer, The person, The coffee, The phone.

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The computer

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What do hyperboles do?

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Exaggerate something

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I'm so tired that I could sleep for an hour. Hyperbole or not?

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Not hyperbole

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I'm so tired that I could sleep for 10 years. Hyperbole or not?

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Hyperbole