Personification
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Personification is giving human
qualities to animals or objects.
Examples
Example #1: The trees were
begging for water.
Example #2: My sun burnt skin
was screaming.
Example #3: My locker hates me!
Thumbs up or down: Is this sentence personification?
My dog stares at me.
Thumbs up or down: Is this sentence personification?
The wind whispered through the
trees.
Thumbs up or down: Is this sentence personification?
I listened to the wind.
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The turtle walked towards me.
Thumbs up or down: Is this sentence personification?
Cars danced across the icy
road.
Read Aloud
Let’s listen to a children’s story to
find common uses for
personification.
 What are the examples of
personification in this story?
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Practice
Complete the “Analyzing
Personification” pictures and explain
the deeper meaning for the four
examples.
 Use colored pencils when you have
finished your sketches.
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Circle the Personified Object
1. My evil alarm clock yelled at me to
wake up.
2. The old truck huffed and puffed up the
steep mountain road.
3. My stubborn hair insisted on standing
straight up today.
Circle the Personified Object
4. The brisk wind whispered secrets about
faraway places.
5. The tornado attacked the corn field with
great wrath.
6. The children built a tree house in the old
elm on the hill, and now the elm doesn’t
feel lonely anymore.
Example Poem
Book
I sit here waiting, collecting dust on this shelf.
I’m hugging my pages tight.
I can take you to a land far away!
What am I?
Example Poem
Candle
I scream out in the dark.
I bring light to you.
My flame whispers in the quiet.
What am I?
What Am I?
Train
Flower
Dog
Pencil
Tree
Leaf
Monkey
Skateboard
Other Ideas
Pick a topic and write a 4 line
poem using personification.
 Use the object as your title, but
do not name the object in your
poem.
 Include at least three examples
of personification in your poem.
 End the poem with “What am
I?”
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Share Time!
You will each read your poem to
the class.
 Call on someone to guess your
object!
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