Personification

What is personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A word that is a sound
• An exaggeration

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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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Which sentence has an example of personification?

• Her brown hair moved with the breeze.

• The boy ran like a cheetah across the playground.

• My pencil danced across the page as I wrote my personal narrative.

• The girl was as beautiful as an angel.

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Which of these sentences has an example of personification?

• My alarm clock screamed and woke me up this morning.

• The boy smiled at the turtle in the pond.

• The cat licked my face as I tried to read my book.

• He quickly climbed the mountain like a bighorn sheep.

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Which of the following is an example of PERSONIFICATION?

• The wind blew silently through the night

• The dog took the empty bowl and threw it over the fence.

• The cat ran fast.

• Bob jumped over the gate like Bill did before.

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"But when the trees bow down their heads..." is an example of

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration

• simile

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Which is an example of personification?

• The wind grabbed onto my arms.

• The wind is like a thundering sea

• The wind is the sea

• The wind winds wondrously without a witness

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Which of the following is an example of personification?

• The moon is a bright yellowish orange tonight.

• The desk chair broke when the books were set on top.

• The acorn seed will one day grow into a tree.

• The moon shows us more about beauty than any thing on earth.

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"My computer throws a fit every time I use it," is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

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Which of the following is NOT an example of personification?

• The star I wished on winked at me.

• The trout danced on the water's surface.

• The angry mirror showed every wrinkle on his face.

• The sun was warm on the child's face.

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