Personification, Simile, and Metaphor

Which of these sentences contains personification?

• Clouds were strolling through the sky.

• The sky was filled with clouds.

• Clouds form when moist air rises upwards.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of these sentences contains personification?

• The water in the ocean was extremely warm.

• The warm ocean waters embraced me.

• The water was warm from the sun's heat.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of these sentences contains personification?

• The statues, atop their pedestals, stared down at me.

• The statues were built on pedestals.

• The statues were made of bronze and marble.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which of these sentences contains personification?

• It rains frequently in April.

• The rains in April nourish the growing plants.

• April is a very weepy month.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of these sentences contains personification?

• The cattails waved goodbye to the departing dragonflies.

• The cattails' leaves bounced up and down as the dragonflies flew away.

• The cattails are full of fluffy seeds. Dragonflies land on them.

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which of these sentences contains personification?

• The engine clanked as the old truck drove uphill.

• The engine was old and beginning to rust.

• The engine made a clanking noise as the old truck fought its way uphill.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of these sentences contains personification?

• Shiny new shoes peeked out from under his freshly pressed pants.

• Shiny new shoes were visible under his freshly ironed pants.

• Shiny new shoes were polished and clean.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which of these sentences contains personification?

• The scruffy puppy's eyes begged us to pick him up.

• We couldn't resist the terrier's puppy-dog eyes.

• The puppy looked up at us in an adorable way.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which of these sentences contains personification?

• The breeze cause our laundry to move back and forth on the clothesline.

• The laundry was hanging on the clothesline to dry in the breeze.

• Our laundry swooshed back and forth on the clothesline, tickled by the breeze.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

Which of these sentences contains personification?

• Vines crept slowly up the sides of the birdhouse.

• Slow-growing vines soon covered the sides of the birdhouse.

• Vines were growing slowly next to the birdhouse.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5