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Personification

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
"When Adele walked through the store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her."
What is being personified?
a)
High Heels
b)
The store
2.
"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."
What is being personified?
a)
The walls
b)
The scream
3.
"The wind whistled a happy tune as I walked along the hard mountain trail."
What human characteristic is being given?
a)
Whistling
b)
Hiking
4.
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)
say
b)
moon
5.
What is being personified ?  "Oreo: Milk's favorite cookie!"
a)
Cookie
b)
Milk
6.
What is personification?
a)
A word that is a sound
b)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
7.
What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"
a)
Photos of me are always really good.
b)
I own an expensive camera.
8.
Which is an example of personification?
a)
The sun smiled at us
b)
The sun is like a light bulb
9.
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 squeaked when they walked.
10.
Personification is giving human characteristics to objects
a)
true
b)
false
11.

Which of the following is NOT an example of personification?

a)

The star I wished on winked at me.

b)

The trout danced on the water's surface.

c)

The angry mirror showed every wrinkle on his face.

d)

The sun was warm on the child's face.

12.

Which of the following sentences is an example of personification?

a)

The slimy eel slithered through the seaweed.

b)

The stand of trees was a festival of color that fall.

c)

The dandelions stood tall, proudly surveying the rest of the yard.

d)

The snails crept along the sidewalk, moving as slowly as a glacier.

13.

The wind whispered through the dark and gloomy forest. What is being personified?

a)

The forest

b)

The wind

c)

A person whispering

14.

The gardener lovingly added the manure to his crops believing he was making happy flowers. What is being personified?

a)

The gardener

b)

The flowers

c)

The crops

15.

The lumberjack leveled the many trees into a clearing and his chainsaw sang its deadly song. What is being personified?

a)

The trees

b)

The chainsaw

c)

The song

d)

The lumberjack

16.

As Alice searched for her missing pencil, she said sarcastically, "Well, I guess it just walked off of my desk." She looked at her classmates accusingly. What is being personified?

a)

Alice

b)

The pencil

c)

The desk

d)

Her classmates