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Personification&Zoomorphism

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
"The wind whistled a happy tune as I walked along the hard mountain trail."
What human characteristic is being given?
a)
Whistling
b)
Happiness
c)
Walking
d)
Hiking
2.
"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
3.
"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
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 is being personified?
a)
The chocolate chips
b)
The cookie
c)
Anthony
d)
Guilt
6.
"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
7.
"The storm moaned and groaned as if it's stomach hurt."
What human quality is NOT being given?
a)
Storming
b)
Moaning
c)
Groaning
d)
Having a stomach ache
8.
"The soldier marched in time alongside with the stray hounds as if they were part of the same unit. "
What is being personified? 
a)
The soldier
b)
Time
c)
A unit
d)
The stray hounds
9.
"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
10.
"The table played a cruel joke on Mrs. Cook when it collapsed as she placed her coffee on it."
What human characteristic is being given?
a)
Playing
b)
Collapsing
c)
Not liking coffee
d)
Tabling
11.
The student hissed at them and slithered out of the room.
a)
Oxymoron
b)
Juxtaposition
c)
Zoomorphism
d)
Personification
12.
The boss clenched her teeth and growled at him, and he backed out of the room with his tail between his legs.
a)
Zoomorphism
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Juxtaposition
13.
Giving a lifelike quality to a non-living thing 
a)
semantic field
b)
oxymoron
c)
personification
d)
simile