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Personification

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is being personified?

a)

The soldier

b)

Time

c)

A unit

d)

The stray hounds

2.

What human characteristic is being given?

a)

Playing

b)

Collapsing

c)

Not liking coffee

d)

Tabling

3.

What human characteristic is being given?

a)

Whistling

b)

Happiness

c)

Walking

d)

Hiking

4.

What is personification?

a)

Figurative language that a writer uses to make NON-HUMAN objects, concepts, and animals act like people.

b)

Figurative language that a writer uses to create mental images in the reader's mind through descriptive details.

c)

Figurative language that compares two different things using the words "like" and "as".

d)

Figurative language that compares two different things through their similar qualities or traits.

5.

The bushes bowed down and greeted us as we walked by after the storm.


What is being personified?

a)

bowed down

b)

greeted us

c)

the bushes

d)

after the storm

6.

When Rosa walked through the store, each new pair of high heel shoes called out to her.


What is being personified?

a)

Rosa

b)

The store

c)

Called out to her

d)

The high heel shoes

7.

Which of these sentences is an example of personification?

a)

You are the apple of my eye.

b)

The storm was angry.

c)

Sally sold sea shells on the sea shore.

8.

Select ALL of the correct examples of personification.

a)

The clouds cried on the stormy night.

b)

Here beautiful eyes are as dark as the midnight sky.

c)

The train's wheels screamed.

d)

When my mom yells she sounds like a roaring lion and it frightens me.

9.

The emoji smiled at me.


What word is being personified?

a)

Emoji

b)

Smiled

c)

Me

d)

At

10.

The piano sang a mournful song.


Is this an example of personification?

a)

Personification

b)

NOT Personification

11.

Check ALL sentences that show personification.

a)

The bushes bowed down and greeted us as we walked up the path during the storm.

b)

The guitar sang a joyful tune that made my feet bop.

c)

The trees dressed up in red and gold to celebrate the start of autumn.

d)

My baby sister is always hungry and whining for food.

12.

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.

13.

Which of the following sentences contains an example of personification?

a)

The wind whispered through the trees.

b)

The cat sat on the mat.

c)

The car drove down the street.

d)

The sun is a star.

14.

What is being personified in the sentence: 'The angry storm pounded on the roof'?

a)

The roof

b)

The storm

c)

The anger

d)

The pounding

15.

In the sentence 'The flowers danced in the breeze,' what human action is attributed to the flowers?

a)

Dancing

b)

Growing

c)

Blooming

d)

Wilting