Personification, Simile, Metaphor

Simile, Metaphor, and Personification

A Creative Writing Exercise

Imagery is very important in all good writing.

• It can help a reader SEE

• It can help a reader HEAR

• It can help a reader recall a SMELL, TASTE, or TOUCH

• We create imagery by using specific nouns, active verbs, and literary devices like...simile, metaphor, rhyme, alliteration, onomatopoeia, etc.

Multiple Choice

Writing that appeals to the senses is called...

• Poetry

• Imagery

• Vocabulary

• Syntax

Similes and Metaphors help create Imagery in writing by helping a reader see! (visual imagery)

• Example: You are as brave as a lion. (simile)

• You are a lion hunting its prey in the tall grass. (metaphor)

• Now get ready to practice creating some similes/metaphors...

• Remember that a simile uses "LIKE" or "AS" and compares 2 unrelated NOUNS (people, places, things, ideas, etc.)

• A metaphor makes a direct comparison between 2 NOUNS.

• Ready....?

Open Ended

Write a simile:

My mother (or brother, sister, grandmother, father, etc.) is like...

Open Ended

Write a metaphor...

My life is...

Open Ended

Write either a metaphor or simile:

School is...

Open Ended

Write either a metaphor or simile:

My family is...

Open Ended

Write a metaphor or simile...

Writing is...

Forest Of Europe by Derek Walcott

The last leaves fell like notes from a piano

and left their ovals echoing in the ear;

with gawky music stands, the winter forest

looks like an empty orchestra,

its lines ruled on these scattered manuscripts of snow.

Multiple Select

Identify all similes and metaphors below

• The last leaves fell like notes from a piano

• and left their ovals echoing in the ear;

• with gawky music stands, the winter forest

  looks like an empty orchestra,

• its lines ruled on these scattered manuscripts of snow.

Personification

Bringing Things to Life!

Personification...

• another type of comparison

• person means human

• "ify"-suffix meaning to cause, to be made

• Thus, personify means to be made a person...

5 Methods to Personify an Object or Animal

• gender

• emotions

• character traits

• actions

• body parts

Multiple Select

What is true about personification? check all that apply.

• Authors use it make their writing harder to understand.

• Personification is used to show how objects are different from one another.

• Personification means to make things like soda cans and trees appear human.

• Personification is different from similes and metaphors.

Multiple Choice

How many methods are used to personify an object or animal?

• 5

• 3

• 1

• 2

• 4

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of an author using the GENDER method to personify an object or animal?

• Mrs. Brown loves her class.

• The school missed her students this summer.

• Beyonce has many fans that are devoted to her.

• She is the best singer in the world!

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses an example of PERSONIFICATION?

• The town was damaged by the tornado.

• People hide in cellars during a tornado watch.

• The tornado enjoyed herself as she ate the town.

• Be careful! It's windy outside.

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of an author using the EMOTIONS method to personify an object or animal?

• The lonely school waited eagerly for the end of summer.

• Students love summer break!

• Many students would prefer to be in school.

• I cried as I waved good-bye to my school.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is using an example of PERSONIFICATION?

• The headband angrily slapped her in the face.

• The couple twirled across the dance floor.

• I didn't mean to slap you!

• Slapping is a serious offense!

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of an author using the CHARACTER TRAITS method to personify an object or animal?

• The fireman was brave to enter that burning building.

• The disobedient fire ignored the fireman's attempts to put it out.

• Fire is very dangerous.

• The fire burned up our school.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is an example of PERSONIFICATION?

• The slimy eel slithered through the seaweed.

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

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

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

Multiple Select

Which is an example of an author using the ACTIONS method to personify an object or animal? (There's two).

• The fireman was brave to enter that burning building.

• The disobedient fire ignored the fireman's attempts to put it out.

• Fire is very dangerous.

• The fire licked the walls and kicked out the windows of the building.

Multiple Choice

The wind whispered through the dark forest.

What is being personified?

• The forest

• The wind

• A person whispering

Multiple Select

Which is an example of an author using the BODY PARTS method to personify an object or animal? (There's two).

• I hate losing my freedom.

• The fists of hate knocked down equality and freedom in her country.

• Hate is very dangerous.

• The citizens cries reached the ears of the government.

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of PERSONIFICATION?

• The average heart can beat thirty times per second.

• I had open-heart surgery five years ago.

• The heart of a home is in its kitchen.

• Her father died of an heartache on her birthday.