Interpreting Personification

What is personification?

• a comparison using like or as

• an extreme exaggeration

• giving a human characteristic to a nonliving thing

• a comparison without using like or as

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The clock on the wall laughed at me as i tried to finish my test before class ended. Which figurative language is in this sentence?

• Allusion

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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Which is an example of personification?

• Boom!

• The dog wants food to eat

• The clouds looked like whipped cream

• The bees played hide and seek with the flowers as they buzzed from one to another

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which are examples of personification? Select all that apply.

• My alarm clock yelled at me to get out of bed

• The color of his shirt looked like a carrot

• Lightning danced across the sky

• The wind howled in the night

• The apple was as green as the grass

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which is NOT an example of personification?

• My house is a friend who protects me

• The girl looked very pretty today

• The moon played hide and seek with the clouds

• Chloe heared the last slice of pizza calling her name

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CCSS.L.6.5A

As we walked through the scorching desert, the sun beat down on us. What is being personified?

• The people walking

• The desert

• The people's feet

• The sun

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CCSS.L.6.5A

After he ate the chocolate chip cookies, guilt poked and chewed at him. What human characteristic is being given?

• Chewing

• Eating

• Making people guilty

• Baking

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is being personified? Oreo: Milks Favorite Cookie

• Cookie

• Milk

• Oreo

• Favorite

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Whats the meaning of this personification: "The camera loves me!"

• I own an expensive camera

• The camera likes me

• Photos of me are always really good

• I have good camera quality

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Personification is not a type of figurative language

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4