Personification
In each sentence, an object or idea is personified. Identify the object or idea that is being personified and explain which human trait or action is applied to the object or idea.
The wind whispered through the gloomy forest.
What is being personified?
What is being personified?
The wind is being personified.
What human trait or quality has it been given?
What human trait or quality has it been given?
The wind has been given a human trait to whisper.
The gardener lovingly added the manure to his crops believing he was making happy flowers.
What is being personified?
The gardener lovingly added the manure to his crops believing he was making happy flowers.
What is being personified?
The gardener's flowers are being personified.
What human trait or quality has it been given?
What human trait or quality has it been given?
The flowers have been given a human trait to feel an emotion, which is happiness.
As we walked through the scorching desert, the sun beat down on us.
What is being personified?
As we walked through the scorching desert, the sun beat down on us.
What is being personified?
The sun is being personified.
What human trait or quality has it been given?
In this text, the sun has been given the ability to beat the people.
What human trait or quality has it been given?
In this text, the sun has been given the ability to beat the people.
The lumberjack levelled the many trees into a clearing and his chainsaw sang its deadly song.
What is being personified?
In this text, the chainsaw is being personified.
What human trait or quality has it been given?
The chainsaw has been given the ability of a person to sing.
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?
The missing pencil is being personified in this text.
What human trait or quality has it been given?
In the text above, the pencil has been given the ability to walk.
When Monica walked through the shoe store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her.
What is being personified?
Each shiny pair of high heels are being personified.
What human trait or quality has it been given?
Each shiny pair of high heels are being personified by being able to call out to Monica.
What is being personified?
In this text, the chainsaw is being personified.
What human trait or quality has it been given?
The chainsaw has been given the ability of a person to sing.
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?
The missing pencil is being personified in this text.
What human trait or quality has it been given?
In the text above, the pencil has been given the ability to walk.
When Monica walked through the shoe store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her.
What is being personified?
Each shiny pair of high heels are being personified.
What human trait or quality has it been given?
Each shiny pair of high heels are being personified by being able to call out to Monica.
My own 3 personifications:
My legs cried in agony after an intense workout.
After looking at the fridge, the food that I saved was suddenly gone, as if it had run away from me.
As I go deeper in the woods, I felt like the trees are watching me get lost.
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