Personification Quiz

What is personification?

• A type of scientific language

• A type of mathematical language

• A type of literal language

• A type of figurative language

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What does personification do for a writer?

• Creates a more dramatic flair to writing

• Has no impact on writing

• Reduces the quality of writing

• Makes the writing confusing

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• The car drove quickly

• The sun shone brightly

• The tree swayed in the wind

• The dog barked loudly

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

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

• Talking

• Kissing

• Dancing

• Laughing

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is the human quality given to the vending machine in the sentence 'The vending machine swallowed my money'?

• Swallowing

• Singing

• Drinking

• Eating

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

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

• Laughing

• Crying

• Glaring

• Smiling

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is the purpose of personification in writing?

• To make the writing boring

• To make the writing factual

• To confuse the reader

• To make the writing descriptive

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is the main idea of personification?

• To give human qualities to non-human things

• To give non-human qualities to human things

• To make everything literal

• To make everything scientific

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A