Personification and Hyperbole

Make some literal and inferential observations about this picture.

Select the sentence that uses Personification to best describe what you see in the picture.

• The blanket protected the children from the creepy sights and sounds.

• Frozen in terror, the kids couldn't move.

• The flashlights shone like sparking beams through the dark night.

• The bats were flying beasts behind the frightened children.

Write a sentence that uses personification about the objects or topics in the picture. Example objects and topics: Flashlights, Being Scared, Halloween etc. Be creative!!!

Select all the examples of personification in the paragraph.

The light from the flashlights peeked out from underneath the blanket. All night long, the moon had played hide and seek with the clouds, and now, the moon was so bright that it was casting eerie shadows on the wall. The wind howled in the night as the children’s eyes grew bigger and bigger.

• lights from the flashlights peeked out

• the moon had played hide and seek with the clouds

• the moon was so bright

• the wind howled in the night

Make some literal and inferential observations about this picture.

Select the sentences that uses a Hyperbole to best describe what you see in the picture.

• The mountains touched the sky.

• You could know the man over with a feather.

• The girl crept up beside her father.

• The man had arms of steel, allowing him to balance on the rock.

Write a sentence that uses Hyperbole about the objects or topics in the picture. Example objects and topics: Exercise, Mountains, Strength, etc. Be creative!!!

Select all the examples of Hyperbole in the paragraph.

The man had tried this move a million times, but this was the first time that he finally held the impossible pose. He felt like his body weighed a ton, but his arms continued to hold him up. His nose rested gently on the rock. When he finally dropped down to his knees, his smile was a mile wide, proud that he could show off his strength. With a little practice, his daughter would be doing the same stunt in no time!

• million times

• impossible pose

• his body weighed a ton

• nose rested gently

• his smile was a mile wide