Personification/Death in The Book Thief/Scythe

Which book features Death as a narrator

• The Book Thief

• Scythe

• The Hate U Give

• None.

Draw an example of personified Death

What is personification?

• A direct comparison using like or as

• An exaggeration

• A word that imitates a sound

• Human qualities given to a non-human thing

Personification has the ability to change our

Now that we have discussed it, how is death perceived differently between the two texts?

Which book features a flamethrower loving character?

• The Book Thief

• None.

• Patron St. Of Nothing

• Scythe

Give a specific example of the personification of death in The Book Thief

Give a specific example of the personification of death in Scythe

What uses does personification have in literature?

Choose the example of personification

• My father is a bear in the morning.

• She jumped like a frog!

• The sun kissed the flowers.

• It is raining cats and dogs out there.