Personification
In each sentence, an object or idea is personified. Identify the object or idea that is being personified and explain which human trait or action is applied to the object or idea.
1.The wind whispered through the gloomy forest.
What is being personified?
The wind.
What human trait or quality has it been given?
The ability to whistle.
2. The gardener lovingly added the manure to his crops believing he was making happy flowers.
What is being personified?
The flowers.
What human trait or quality has it been given?
The capability of feeling emotions, specifically happiness.
3. As we walked through the scorching desert, the sun beat down on us.
What is being personified?
The sun.
What human trait or quality has it been given?
Beating down on people
4. The lumberjack levelled the many trees into a clearing and his chainsaw sang its deadly song.
What is being personified?
The lumberjack's chainsaw.
What human trait or quality has it been given?
The ability to sing.
5. As Alice searched for her missing pencil, she said sarcastically, “Well, I guess it just walked off of my desk.” She looked at her classmates accusingly.
What is being personified?
Alice's pencil case.
What human trait or quality has it been given?
The ability to walk off a desk.
6. When Monica walked through the shoe store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her.
What is being personified?
The high heels in the shoe store
What human trait or quality has it been given?
A voice - the ability to call out.
Personification sentences
- The flames danced around the room.
- As the clock strikes midnight, a flash of lightning bounced across the sky.
- The popcorn leapt out of the bowl the longer it was in the microwave.
- The wind howled.
- The trees swung their arms around as the wind whistled through the forest.
- The avalanche devoured everything in it's path.
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