Personification / Hyperbole / Understatement

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.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is a hyperbole?

• A comparison using "like" or "as".

• A statement that gives non-human objects human characteristics.

• An exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally.

• an expressing whose meaning is different from the literal meaning.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is an understatement?

• A comparison using "like" or "as".

• A statement that gives non-human objects human characteristics.

• A statement that creter humor by saying something less significant than it is.

• an expressing whose meaning is different from the literal meaning.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which is an example of personification?

• I am so hungry I could eat a horse
• The sun is like a light bulb
• The Sun smiled at us
• I want to be awesome

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which of the following is an example of PERSONIFICATION?

• The wind blew silently through the night

• The dog took the empty bowl and threw it over the fence.

• The cat ran fast.

• Bob jumped over the gate like Bill did before.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which sentence has an example of personification?

• Her brown hair moved with the breeze.

• The boy ran like a cheetah across the playground.

• My pencil danced across the page as I wrote my personal narrative.

• The girl was as beautiful as an angel.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which of these is a hyperbole?

• They lived in a small cabin in the woods.

• The boy was taller than the Eiffel tower.

• Jackson was eating a bite-sized candy bar.

• The moon is overwhelmingly beautiful tonight.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"When Adele walked through the store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her."
What is being personified?

• High Heels
• The store

Tags

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

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

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

• Whistling
• Hiking

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A