Quiz on the Skill Personification

Which of the following sentences contains personification?

• My sister is a volcano when she’s angry, so stay out of her way!

• My angry sister screamed loud enough to wake the neighbors.

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  Bang! My sister slammed the door in my face and left me standing outside, alone.

• Anger gripped my sister’s heart in its firm fist, squeezing out all of her other feelings.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Having an idea, a picture, or vision in one's' mind is a (an) _____________.

• personification

• literal language

• image

• quality

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Read the following passage.

At the end of the debate tournament, Samantha was a tornado of emotion. Why hadn’t she done more to prepare like Patricia suggested? She was mad at Patricia, and mad at Mr. Atkinson and, more than anything else, she was mad at herself. In the cafeteria, strangers congratulated one another and talked loudly about their matches. The girl with the short, red hair high-fived a tall boy wearing a suit jacket, and they smiled at each other. Samantha found a table that was empty and sat down. Her shame insulted her continuously with a sharp voice.It had been the worst rebuttal in the history of competitive debate. She was sure of that.

Which detail from the passage contains an example of personification?

• 
  “In the cafeteria, strangers congratulated one another and talked loudly about their matches.”

• 
  “... Samantha was a tornado of emotion.”

• 
  “It had been the worst rebuttal in the history of competitive debate.”

• Her shame insulted her continuously with a sharp voice.”

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which revision to the sentence below uses personification to make the imagery more vivid?

The morning was humid and gray, but it did not rain.

• The stubborn sky held tightly to her dark clouds, and the morning passed without rain.

• The weather was bad that morning.

• The morning was as hot and humid as a rainforest.

• The weather was so unbearable, all we could do that morning was pray for rain.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Personification can contribute to many elements of a story, including its theme or mood. Mood is a story’s overall feeling or atmosphere.

Read the passage below.

Edwin’s grandmother didn’t get angry when she saw the horrible mess in the kitchen. In fact, she decided to take part in the fun. She put the peas on her spoon, bent the spoon back and flung them toward Edwin before he even saw that she was there. They landed with a SPLAT on his glasses and he looked up, surprised. “Gran?” he said. “What on Earth…?” In a matter of minutes, the rest of the vegetables were dancing all around them like performance artists. The carrots somersaulted like gymnasts, and the string beans moved in the wide arcs of leaping ballerinas.

What does the personification add to this passage?

• The personification in this passage helps create a mood that is humorous and playful.

• 
  The personification in this passage helps create a mood that is romantic and loving.

• The personification in this passage helps create a mood that is anxious and scary.

• The personification in this passage helps create a mood that is gloomy and sad.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Having clear images and strong details means?

• figure of speech

• personification

• vivid

• quality

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

the practice of giving human traits to nonhumans in writing. "The fire danced" is an example.

• literal speech

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which of the following sentences contains personification?

• The spiderwebs stuck to my skin.

• The floorboards moaned and groaned beneath me.

• 
  A wind blew, and a door opened with a creak.

• Slowly and stealthily, I slipped inside.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

When you find an example of personification, you should stop and consider some aspects of the text. What does this figure of speech mean in this context? What does the author reveal by giving that particular nonhuman object that particular human ability? What can you infer about the text or the characters from the choice of words and details?

In the sentence below, what is the purpose of the phrase "the stars winking at him"?

Alvaro walked in a buzz of excitement, with the stars winking at him the whole way home.

• This phrase means that there are actually eyes in the sky winking at Alvaro.

• 
  This phrase shows that the stars make Alvaro feel lucky and special.

• 
  This phrase shows that Alvaro sees things that aren’t real.

• This phrase shows that Alvaro is very afraid of the dark.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

I said that we were "in the same boat," but I didn't mean it in a ________

sense. I just meant that we were in the same situation.

• quality

• figure of speech

• character trait

• literal

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4