Personification in The People Could Fly

BELL WORK August 30, 2023
ELA 7

Question: What is a hyperbole? Give at least 3 examples.

​Video clip viewing of 'The People Could Fly' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uitNI3iPrmM

Personification in The People Could Fly

Objective: I can Determine the role of personification in a fable

Open Ended

What can people learn from stories about animals?

Multiple Choice

giving human qualities, feelings, and actions to

animals, objects, or ideas

• character

• characteristic

• fable

• personification

Multiple Choice

a character’s qualities

• character

• characteristic

• fable

• personification

Multiple Choice

a person or animal in a narrative

• character

• characteristic

• fable

• personification

Multiple Choice

a short story that teaches a moral or lesson, often

with animal characters

• character

• characteristic

• fable

• personification

Open Ended

Explain why this is an example of personification.

Multiple Select

Check all that apply:

Fables contain a culture’s ideas about how to act, including:

• warnings about people and behaviors to avoid

• what makes a hero

• how to dress

• how to treat others

Multiple Choice

What is a  lesson contained in a fable to teach the difference between right and wrong

• conflict

• fable

• resolution

• moral

Multiple Choice

What is a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters?

• fairytale
• nonfiction
• fable
• folktale

Multiple Choice

Which word is a synonym for the word croon as used in the folktale? "She had no heart to croon to it."

• rock

• sing softly

• play music

• yell

Multiple Choice

Which word is a synonym for the word croon as used in the folktale? "She had no heart to croon to it."

• rock

• sing softly

• play music

• yell

Multiple Choice

"After he ate the chocolate chip cookies, guilt poked and chewed at Anthony."
What is being personified?

• The chocolate chips

• The cookie

• Anthony

• Guilt

Multiple Choice

The lumberjack leveled the many trees into a clearing and his chainsaw sang its deadly song. What is being personified?

• The trees

• The chainsaw

• The song

• The lumberjack

Multiple Choice

The wind whispered through the dark and gloomy forest. What is being personified?

• The forest

• The wind

• A person whispering

Multiple Choice

The wind whispered through the dark and gloomy forest. What is being personified?

• The forest

• The wind

• A person whispering

Individual/Pair activity: Figurative Language in Song Lyrics and in nature

In your journal notebook
Part I: Underline all the examples of figurative language in your favorite song lyrics. Determine what kind of figurative language it is. (Feel free to search in the internet if you are not sure.) (10 pts)
Part II: Write 3 sentences using personification as your figurative language. Stick to the theme of "The Sonoran Desert". (15 pts)
1. The saguaro stood tall and proud.
2. The coyote laughed....
3. Above the sky, the eagle...