Personification and Hyperbole

Which describes personification?

• Giving human qualities to objects or animals.

• Comparing 2 things using "like" or "as"

• Comparing 2 things saying that one things is something else.

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Which is an example of personification?

• The sun is like a lightbulb.

• The sun smiled at us.

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What is the clock doing that only people can do?

The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• laughing

• finishing a test

• beeping

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Lightning danced across the sky.

What is being personified?

• sky

• lightning

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Which of these is an example of personification?

• My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.

• My alarm clock rang as loud as a rock concert.

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Personinfaction

• She is like a cheetah

• that tree looks like someone.

• The tree is looking at me.

• My moms cooking is like dads.

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What is personification?

• A word that is a sound
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

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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

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"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."
What is being personified?

• The walls
• The scream
• The room
• The orange

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The piano sang a mournful song. 

• Personification 
• NOT Personification 

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