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Personification

Personification

Makes an object like a car or a sponge do something a person might do.

Can a car really talk? Can a sponge really sing?

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Some more examples of

personification in writing-

The lonely train whistle

cried in the night.

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The sunlight danced in

the sky.

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Our computers are crabby today.

The streets are calling

my name.

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My teddy bear satslumped on my bed

looking sad.

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