Transcript Personification - Ms. Burton's English Class

An introduction to…
Personification
Personification
Syllables: per-son-i-fi-ca-tion; 6
Definition: a
figurative language
tool where an object
or idea is given
human traits or
characteristics.
Examples:
Non-Examples:
• The sky weeps
• The girl laughed.
• Time waits for no
• The boy jumped high.
man.
• Flowers danced about
Examples…
His face said everything he was
thinking.
Her smile warmed my heart.
Look at my car, she’s a beauty.
The icicles gleamed in the
groggy sunlight.
The fire swallowed the entire
forest.
The two trees fought to be the
tallest.
Worksheet Introduction
In each sentence, an object or
idea is personified.
Identify the object or idea that
is being personified.
Then, explain which human
traits or action is applied to the
object or idea.
1.The wind whispered
through the dark and
gloomy forest.
a.What is being personified?
a. The wind
b.Which human trait or
quality is given?
a. whispered
2. The gardener lovingly added
the manure to his crops
believing he was making happy
flowers.
1. What is being personified?
1. Flowers
2. Which human trait or quality is
given?
1. happy
3. As we walked through
the scorching desert, the
sun beat down on us.
1.What is being personified?
1. The sun
2.Which human trait or
quality is given?
1. Beat down
Your turn!!!
• Please, finish the
remaining seven problems
on your own.
• You will turn them in when
finished.