Onomatopoeia and Personification

An onomatopoeia is also known as what?

• An action word

• A person, place, or thing

• A sound word

• A description

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CCSS.RL.3.4

Alex had a hard time hearing the teacher over his grumbling stomach.

*What is the onomatopoeia?

• Time

• Alex

• Grumbling

• Stomach

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.

Wow, Hailie's race car zoomed past the finish line.

• Wow

• Race car

• finish

• Zoomed

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.

Saya was doing the dishes and the clanging pots awoke the baby.

• clanging

• pots

• awoke

• dishes

Choose the correct onomatopoeia for a bird.

• moo

• oink

• crash

• chirp

What is personification?

• The same sound being repeated

• A word that is a sound.

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things.

• An exaggeration.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"The wind whistled a happy tune as I walked along the hard mountain trail."

What human characteristic is being given?

• Whistling

• Walking

• Happiness

• Hiking

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."

What is being personified?

• The walls

• The scream

• The orange

• The girl

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which is an example of personification?

• I am so hungry I could eat a horse

• The sun is like a light bulb

• The Sun smiled at us

• I want to be awesome

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4