Personification in The People Could Fly

Personification in The People Could Fly

Objective: I can Determine the role of personification in a fable

Open Ended

What can people learn from stories about animals?

Multiple Choice

giving human qualities, feelings, and actions to

animals, objects, or ideas

• character

• characteristic

• fable

• personification

Multiple Choice

a character’s qualities

• character

• characteristic

• fable

• personification

Multiple Choice

a person or animal in a narrative

• character

• characteristic

• fable

• personification

Multiple Choice

a short story that teaches a moral or lesson, often

with animal characters

• character

• characteristic

• fable

• personification

Open Ended

Explain why this is an example of personification.

Multiple Select

Check all that apply:

Fables contain a culture’s ideas about how to act, including:

• warnings about people and behaviors to avoid

• what makes a hero

• how to dress

• how to treat others

Multiple Choice

What is a  lesson contained in a fable to teach the difference between right and wrong

• conflict
• fable
• resolution
• moral

Multiple Choice

What is a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters?

• fairytale
• nonfiction
• fable
• folktale

Multiple Choice

Which word is a synonym for the word croon as used in the folktale? "She had no heart to croon to it."

• rock

• sing softly

• play music

• yell

Multiple Choice

Which word is a synonym for the word croon as used in the folktale? "She had no heart to croon to it."

• rock

• sing softly

• play music

• yell

Multiple Choice

"After he ate the chocolate chip cookies, guilt poked and chewed at Anthony."
What is being personified?

• The chocolate chips
• The cookie
• Anthony
• Guilt

Multiple Choice

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

• The trees

• The chainsaw

• The song

• The lumberjack

Multiple Choice

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

• The forest

• The wind

• A person whispering

Multiple Choice

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

• The forest

• The wind

• A person whispering