Personification and Hyperbole

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What is personification?

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Giving human qualities to objects or animals.

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Which is an example of personification?

The sun is like a lightbulb.

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The sun smiled at us.

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The sun smiled at us.

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What is the clock doing that only people can do? The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

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laughing

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What is being personified in the sentence: "Lightning danced across the sky."?

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lightning

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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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My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.

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What is 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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What is being personified in the sentence: "The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."?

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The walls

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The piano sang a mournful song.

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Personification

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"I am the richest man in the world!"

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Hyperbole