Personification

Is this an example of personification?

"The wind was whistling throughout the night."

• Yes

• No

Which statement is true?

• Personification is the act of comparing something without like or as.

• Personification is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

• Personification is the act of giving a non living being an human trait.

• Personification is exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

The gardener lovingly added the manure to his crops believing he was making happy flowers. What is being personified?

• The gardener

• The flowers

• The crops

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.

Fill in the blank with the word that makes the sentence below an example of personification.

The sun ______ down on the Earth.

• smiled

• showed

• shined

"The sheets hanging on the clothesline danced in the wind." This is an example of personification.

• True

• False

My room will take forever to clean! This is an example of personification.

• True

• False

What do you personify?

• Friends

• Family

• Teachers

• Objects

Which of these lines from the above poem is an example of personification?

• "no one can hear the sounds"

• "He sang to me of Georgia"

• "he walked the road in silence"

• "The moon sings to the clouds"

"The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow" What is being personified?

• the morning

• the first rays of morning

• tiptoed

• the meadow