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Personification

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The moon winked at me through the clouds as if to say I should venture forward.'
What object is being personified in the sentence?
a)
Clouds
b)
Winked
c)
Say
d)
Moon
2.
"The lumberjack leveled many trees that day as his chainsaw sang its deadly song."
What is being personified?
a)
The lumberjack
b)
The trees
c)
The chainsaw
d)
The song
3.
"When Adele walked through the store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her."
What is being personified?
a)
Adele
b)
The store
c)
High heels
d)
Her
4.
"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."
What is being personified?
a)
The walls
b)
The scream
c)
The room
d)
The orange
5.
"After he ate the chocolate chip cookies, guilt poked and chewed at Anthony."
What human characteristic is being given?
a)
Eating
b)
Baking
c)
Chewing
d)
Making people guilty
6.
"As Campbell twirled, her headband angrily slapped Mrs. Brennan across the face."
What human characteristic is being given?
a)
Twirling
b)
Dancing
c)
Flying
d)
Slapping
7.
'The run down house appeared depressed and out of sorts.'  What human quality/trait is being demonstrated in the sentence?
a)
House
b)
Depression
c)
Happiness
d)
Loneliness
8.
What is being personified ?  "Oreo: Milk's favorite cookie!"
a)
Oreo
b)
Milk
c)
Cookie
d)
Mouth
9.
What is personification?
a)
The same beginning sound repeated
b)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
c)
A word that is a sound
d)
An exaggeration
10.
What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"
a)
Photography is one of my hobbies.
b)
I own an expensive camera.
c)
Photos of me are always really good. 
d)
I like to visit art museums.
11.
Which is an example of personification?
a)
I am so hungry I could eat a horse
b)
The sun is like a light bulb
c)
The Sun smiled at us
d)
I want to be awesome
12.
My tennis shoes stuck out their tongues at my stinky feet after running the mile.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
smelly
13.
What is the meaning of this personification?
"The stairs groaned as we walked on them."
a)
The stairs were slippery when they walked.
b)
The stairs cracked open when they walked.
c)
The stairs squeaked when they walked.
14.
Name the preposition: 
Charles Schulz wrote 17,897 "Peanuts" comic strips in his lifetime.
a)
in his lifetime
b)
in
c)
lifetime
d)
his
15.
Name the preposition.
Fans of the cartoonist read his comic strips eagerly.
a)
fans
b)
of
c)
the
d)
his
16.
Which is a prepositional phrase?
a)
to eat
b)
we go
c)
over the river
d)
inside
17.
What is a preposition?
a)
A word used to describe something
b)
A word used to explain a noun.
c)
A word that describes where and/or when something is.
d)
I don't know???
18.
Which of these are a preposition?
a)
She 
b)
Is
c)
The table
d)
Under
19.
Harley Quinn put her money on the coffee table. Which word is a preposition?
a)
Harley
b)
On
c)
Put
d)
Money
20.
"After" is a preposition?
a)
True
b)
False
21.
"Who" is a preposition.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
What is the preposition in this sentence?
Abby's tree house is above the ground.
a)
Tree house
b)
Ground
c)
Above
d)
Abby's
23.
Which is a correct example of personification?
a)
He is as slow as a turtle
b)
The tornado ran through town without a care
c)
BOOM!!
d)
I'm just too lazy to pick another answer