Personification Examples and Non-Examples

"When Adele walked through the store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her."
What is being personified?

• High Heels
• The store

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"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."
What is being personified?

• The walls
• The scream

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"The wind whistled a happy tune as I walked along the hard mountain trail."
What human characteristic is being given?

• Whistling
• Hiking

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The moon winked at me through the clouds as if to say I should venture forward.'
What object is being personified in the sentence?

• say
• moon

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What is being personified ?  "Oreo: Milk's favorite cookie!"

• Cookie
• Milk

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What is personification?

• A word that is a sound
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

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What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"

• Photos of me are always really good.
• I own an expensive camera.

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Which is an example of personification?

• The sun smiled at us
• The sun is like a light bulb

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What is the meaning of this personification?
"The stairs groaned as we walked on them."

• The stairs were slippery when they walked.
• The stairs squeaked when they walked.

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The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification
• simile

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