Personification

Giving human qualities to non-living things.

• idiom

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

"The wind whistled a happy tune as I walked along the hard mountain trail."

What human characteristic is being given?

• Whistled

• Happiness

• Walking

• Hiking

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

The moon winked at me through the clouds as if to say I should venture forward.'
What object is being personified in the sentence?

• Clouds
• Winked
• Say
• Moon

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

What is personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A word that is a sound
• An exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

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

• Photography is one of my hobbies.
• I own an expensive camera.
• Photos of me are always really good. 
• I like to visit art museums.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The piano sang a mournful song. 

• Personification 
• NOT Personification 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The trees dressed up in red and gold to celebrate the start of autumn.

• Personification 
•  NOT Personification 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A