PersonificationPersonificationA type of figurative language that gives animals, ideas, or inanimate objects human traits and characteristics.

What is the object being What is the object being personified?personified?

What is the meaning of the What is the meaning of the personificationpersonification??

How is personification being How is personification being used?used?

The microwave timer told The microwave timer told me it was time to turn my me it was time to turn my

TV dinner.TV dinner.

The The microwave timermicrowave timer told told me it was time to turnme it was time to turn my my

TV dinner.TV dinner.

The The microwave timermicrowave timer told told meme it was time to turn my it was time to turn my

TV dinner.TV dinner.

The microwave timer The microwave timer beeped.beeped.

The video camera observed The video camera observed the whole scene.the whole scene.

The The video cameravideo camera observed observed the whole scene.the whole scene.

The The video cameravideo camera observedobserved the whole scene.the whole scene.

The video camera The video camera recorded it.recorded it.

The strawberries seemed to The strawberries seemed to sing, "Eat me first!"sing, "Eat me first!"

The The strawberriesstrawberries seemed to seemed to sing, "Eat me first!"sing, "Eat me first!"

The The strawberriesstrawberries seemed to seemed to singsing, "Eat me first!", "Eat me first!"

The strawberries were The strawberries were very tempting.very tempting.

The rain kissed my The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell.cheeks as it fell.

The The rainrain kissedkissed my my cheeks as it fell.cheeks as it fell.

The The rainrain kissedkissed my my cheeks as it fell.cheeks as it fell.

The rain touched my The rain touched my cheeks as it fell.cheeks as it fell.

The water beckoned The water beckoned invitingly to the hot invitingly to the hot

swimmers.swimmers.

The The waterwater beckonedbeckoned invitingly to the hot invitingly to the hot

swimmers.swimmers.

The The waterwater beckonedbeckoned invitingly to the hot invitingly to the hot

swimmers.swimmers.

The water looked cool The water looked cool and inviting.and inviting.

The car engine coughed The car engine coughed and sputtered when it and sputtered when it

started during the blizzard.started during the blizzard.

The The car enginecar engine coughed coughed and sputtered whenand sputtered when it it

started during the blizzard.started during the blizzard.

The The car enginecar engine coughed coughed and sputteredand sputtered when it when it

started during the blizzard.started during the blizzard.

The car engine had trouble The car engine had trouble starting up.starting up.

Personification Practice

Check to see if you know what personification is. Click on the lines that you think are examples of personification.

Walking desks took over town.

I listen to the wind.

The snake loves food.

The moon dances around my fear.

Ronnie Johnson smiles at the fox.

Wind whispers like a tree in the breeze.

A rock smiles when people sit on it and read.

The cars dance across the icy road.

Fill in the blanks to create personification.Fill in the blanks to create personification.

1. The leaves ___________ as they fell to the ground.

2. The wind ____________ through the falling leaves.

3. The daffodils ______________ at the walkers-by.

4. The snow _______________as it fell to the ground.

5. The china _____________ during the earthquake.

How can we use personification in How can we use personification in a poem?a poem?

Two Sunflowers Move in the Yellow

Room"Ah, William, we're weary of weather,"

said the sunflowers, shining with dew.

"Our traveling habits have tired us.Can you give us a room with a

view?"

They arranged themselves at the window

and counted the steps of the sun,and they both took root in the

carpetwhere the topaz tortoises run.

William Blake

The Railway Train

I like to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up,

And stop to feed itself at tanks;And then, prodigious, step

Around a pile of mountains,And, supercilious, peer

In shanties by the sides of roads;And then a quarry pare

To fit its sides, and crawl between, Complaining all the whileIn horrid, hooting stanza;

Then chase itself down hill

And neigh like Boanerges;Then, punctual as a star,

Stop-docile and omnipotent-At its own stable door.

By Emily Dickinson

Your turn!Choose any object within your theme and write a three - stanza poem about it using personification. Each stanza must have at least four lines.

Great Job!Great Job!

Wrong, try again.Wrong, try again.