Personification

What is personification?

• Figurative language that a writer uses to make NON-HUMAN objects, concepts, and animals act like people.

• Figurative language that a writer uses to create mental images in the reader's mind through descriptive details.

• Figurative language that compares two different things using the words "like" and "as".

• Figurative language that compares two different things through their similar qualities or traits.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The bushes bowed down and greeted us as we walked by after the storm.

What is being personified?

• bowed down

• greeted us

• the bushes

• after the storm

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

When Rosa walked through the store, each new pair of high heel shoes called out to her.

What is being personified?

• Rosa

• The store

• Called out to her

• The high heel shoes

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

The piano sang a mournful song.

Is this an example of personification?

• Personification

• NOT Personification

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which of these sentences is an example of personification?

• You are the apple of my eye.

• The storm was angry.

• Sally sold sea shells on the sea shore.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Select ALL of the correct examples of personification.

• The clouds cried on the stormy night.

• Here beautiful eyes are as dark as the midnight sky.

• The train's wheels screamed.

• When my mom yells she sounds like a roaring lion and it frightens me.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The emoji smiled at me.

What word is being personified?

• Emoji

• Smiled

• Me

• At

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Check ALL sentences that show personification.

• The bushes bowed down and greeted us as we walked up the path during the storm.

• The guitar sang a joyful tune that made my feet bop.

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

• My baby sister is always hungry and whining for food.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

Which one of these examples is NOT being personified.

• The bird was as tiny as a ladybug.

• The glass seemed to cry out, "Don't slobber on me".

• The sun smiled on me as it warmed the back of my legs.

• The answer said '' Pick me! Pick me!''

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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 heavy hail dented cars and cracked windows.

Is this an example of personification?

• Personification

• NOT Personification

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5