Personification

What human characteristic is being given?

• Playing

• Collapsing

• Not liking coffee

• Tabling

The piano sang a mournful song. 

• Personification 

• NOT Personification 

The moon hid its face behind the clouds in the night sky.

• Personification 

• NOT Personification 

Give an example of personification.

• I am so hungry I could eat a horse

• The sun is like a light bulb

• The Sun smiled at us

• I want to be awesome

Which one of these could be a personification?

• He is as slow as a turtle

• The tornado ran through town without a care

• BOOM!!

• I'm just too lazy to pick another answer

What is the meaning of this personification?
"The raindrops danced on the tabletop."

• Raindrops danced around on the table. 

• The rain hit the table and bounced off.

• The rain soaked the patio.

• The rain watered the plants.

What is personification?

• Figurative language that a writer uses to make NON-HUMAN objects, concepts, and animals act like people.

• Figurative language that a writer uses to create mental images in the reader's mind through descriptive details.

• Figurative language that compares two different things using the words "like" and "as".

• Figurative language that compares two different things through their similar qualities or traits.

The bushes bowed down and greeted us as we walked by after the storm.

What is being personified?

• bowed down

• greeted us

• the bushes

• after the storm

When Rosa walked through the store, each new pair of high heel shoes called out to her.

What is being personified?

• Rosa

• The store

• Called out to her

• The high heel shoes

The piano sang a mournful song.

Is this an example of personification?

• Personification

• NOT Personification