Personification Lesson

Similes, metaphors, personification, exaggeration or hyperbole

Poetry is more figurative than literal

• Alliteration

• Figurative Language

• Stanza

• Speaker

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

Phrase:
The cup danced joyfully across the table.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is being personified?

• The walls

• The scream

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which is an example of personification?

• The sun smiled at us.

• The sun is like a light bulb.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What type of figurative language is this sentence?

"The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended."

• Simile

• personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is personification?

• animals or non-humans acting like humans

• giving food to animals

• helping your mom

• going on vacation

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Personification is not a type of figurative language

• Ture

• False

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

When Adele walked through the store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her.

What is being personified?

• The store

• The high heels

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which sentence is an example of personification?

• A) The wind whispered through the trees.

• B) The car is as fast as lightning.

• C) The dog barked loudly.

• D) The cake was delicious.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What does personification mean in literature?

• A) Giving human traits to non-human things.

• B) Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'.

• C) An extreme exaggeration.

• D) A direct comparison without using 'like' or 'as'.

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CCSS.L.6.5A