Personification

Personification is giving human characteristics to objects

• true
• false

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is the meaning of this personification?
"The stairs groaned as we walked on them."

• The stairs were slippery when they walked.
• The stairs squeaked when they walked.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which is an example of personification?

• The sun smiled at us
• The sun is like a light bulb

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"

• Photos of me are always really good.
• I own an expensive camera.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is personification?

• A word that is a sound
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"The wind whistled a happy tune as I walked along the hard mountain trail."
What human characteristic is being given?

• Whistling
• Hiking

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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

• The walls
• The scream

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CCSS.L.6.5A

As Alice searched for her missing pencil, she said sarcastically, "Well, I guess it just walked off my desk." She looked at her classmates accusingly.

• pencil

• Monica

• desk

• classmates

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.4

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Which of these sentences has an example of personification?

• My alarm clock screamed and woke me up this morning.

• The boy smiled at the turtle in the pond.

• The cat licked my face as I tried to read my book.

• He quickly climbed the mountain like a bighorn sheep.

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CCSS.L.6.5A