Personification or Not

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What is personification?

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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract ideas.

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Give an example of personification.

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The wind whispered through the trees.

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What is not personification?

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A statement that does not give human traits to non-human entities, like 'The cat sat on the mat.'

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Identify if this is personification: 'The sun smiled down on us.'

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Yes, this is personification because it gives the sun a human action.

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Identify if this is personification: 'The car zoomed down the road.'

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No, this is not personification; it describes the car's action without human traits.

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What is an example of personification in a poem?

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In the poem, 'The stars danced playfully in the night sky,' the stars are given the human action of dancing.

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Why do authors use personification?

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Authors use personification to create vivid imagery and connect emotionally with readers.

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Identify if this is personification: 'Time flies.'

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Yes, this is personification because it attributes the human ability to fly to time.

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What is the opposite of personification?

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The opposite of personification is literal language, which describes things without attributing human characteristics.

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Identify if this is personification: 'The flowers nodded in the breeze.'

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Yes, this is personification because it gives flowers the human action of nodding.