Phatetic Fallacy

What is pathetic fallacy?

• a) Giving human emotions to animals
  

• b) Giving human emotions to nature or objects
  

• c) Giving human qualities to people
  

• d) Making a story sad

Which of the following sentences contains a pathetic fallacy?

• 
  a) The flowers bloomed in the warm sunlight.
  and green.

• b) The angry storm crashed against the shore.
  

• c) The cat purred happily on the windowsill.
  

• d) The tree was very tall

Identify the sentence that does NOT contain a pathetic fallacy.

• a) The sun smiled down on the children playing.
  

• b) The trees whispered in the wind.
  

• c) The mountains stood tall and proud.
  

• d) The pencil rolled off the desk.

Complete the sentence with a word that creates a pathetic fallacy.
"The ___________ wind howled through the abandoned house, sending chills down my spine."

Write words that could be used to create a pathetic fallacy?

Match the sentence with the emotion suggested by the pathetic fallacy.

• sadness

• "The sun smiled on the happy couple."

• fear

• "The sky wept as the funeral procession passed."

• anger

• "The trees shivered in the cold wind."

• joy

• "The storm raged all night."

Choose the correct word to complete the pathetic fallacy. "The __________ ​ ​ (a)   clouds gathered in the sky, ready to unleash their fury."

• large
• blue
• sad
• angry

Rearrange the words to form a correct sentence containing pathetic fallacy.

Words: the / sky / with / sadness / darkened

• the

• sky

• with

• sadness

• darkened