Personification with Slides and Instruction Grade 8

What is personification?

• Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to non-human entities or objects.

• Personification is a form of dance

• Personification is a cooking technique

• Personification is a type of fruit

Provide an example of personification in a sentence.

• The wind whispered secrets to the trees.

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

• The rain cried tears of sorrow.

• The sun smiled down on the beach.

How does personification enhance the meaning of a text?

• Personification enhances the meaning of a text by adding irrelevant details.

• Personification enhances the meaning of a text by removing emotions from the narrative.

• Personification enhances the meaning of a text by focusing solely on human characters.

• Personification enhances the meaning of a text by attributing human characteristics to non-human entities.

Identify the personification in the following sentence: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

• The wind whispered

• The trees danced

• The leaves rustled

• The wind howled

Why do authors use personification in their writing?

• To make the writing more boring

• To remove emotion from the text

• To give human characteristics to non-human things

• To confuse readers with unnecessary details

Create a sentence using personification to describe a storm.

• The storm lazily strolled through the night, ignoring the trees around it.

• The storm peacefully danced through the night, gently caressing the trees.

• The storm whispered softly as it passed by, leaving the trees untouched.

• The storm angrily roared through the night, shaking the trees with its fury.

Discuss the impact of using personification in poetry.

• Personification in poetry can make the poem less engaging

• Personification in poetry can only be used in prose, not poetry

• Personification in poetry has no impact on the reader

• Personification in poetry can have a significant impact on the reader by making the poem more engaging, relatable, and emotionally resonant.

In what ways can personification be used in visual presentations?

• By avoiding any emotional connections to the visuals

• By focusing solely on technical details without any creativity

• By using only abstract concepts in the presentation

• By attributing human qualities to objects or elements in the presentation.

How can students incorporate personification in their own writing?

• By focusing solely on facts and statistics without any creative elements.

• By avoiding any emotional or human-like qualities in their writing.

• By giving human-like qualities to inanimate objects or abstract ideas.

• By using only literal descriptions without any figurative language.