Personification

What is personification?

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

• Giving non-human qualities to human things

• Describing human actions in a literal sense

• Describing non-human actions in a literal sense

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

How can understanding personification make you a better reader and writer?

• It helps in creating more vivid and descriptive writing

• It helps in understanding literal meanings of words

• It helps in improving grammar and punctuation

• It helps in memorizing vocabulary words

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.5.3B

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• The pizza is calling my name

• The car died

• The fireflies flew around at night

• The skyscraper kissed the sky

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CCSS.RL.5.4

What does the sentence 'The fireflies danced as the moon smiled down upon them' convey?

• The fireflies and the moon were actually dancing and smiling

• The fireflies were flying and the moon was shining

• The fireflies and the moon were happy

• The fireflies and the moon were interacting in a human-like way

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

What does the sentence 'The vending machine swallowed my money' mean?

• The vending machine ate the money

• The vending machine returned the money

• The vending machine took the money without giving anything

• The vending machine stopped working

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

What human quality is given to the skyscraper in the sentence 'The skyscraper was so tall that it kissed the sky'?

• Talking

• Kissing

• Dancing

• Smiling

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

What human quality is given to the sun in the sentence 'The sun glared angrily upon the desert'?

• Talking

• Glaring

• Dancing

• Smiling

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is the purpose of using personification in writing?

• To confuse the readers

• To make the writing more descriptive and engaging

• To make the writing more literal and straightforward

• To make the writing more grammatically correct

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4