What is Personification

What is Personification

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

5th Grade

Easy

Created by

Eric Larsen

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5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does personification mean?

Giving human qualities to non-human things

Describing the weather

Talking about people

Using literal language

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does 'The pizza is calling my name' figuratively mean?

The pizza is making a phone call

The pizza looks delicious and I want to eat it

The pizza has a name

The pizza can talk

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why do writers use personification?

Because they have to

To create vivid imagery for the reader

To make the text longer

To make their writing more difficult to understand

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of personification in writing?

To simplify complex concepts

To add dramatic flair and create a vivid image

To report facts

To confuse the reader

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of personification?

The sun glared angrily upon the desert

The car is red

Water is wet

The book is on the table