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Personification (with a review of simile and metaphor)

Personification (with a review of simile and metaphor). Personification . Personification is when an author gives an idea, object, or animal qualities or traits of a person. Simply, when you make a thing, idea, or animal do something only humans can do. Personification .

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Personification (with a review of simile and metaphor)

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  1. Personification(with a review of simile and metaphor)

  2. Personification  Personification is when an author gives an idea, object, or animal qualities or traits of a person. Simply, when you make a thing, idea, or animal do something only humans can do.

  3. Personification  What word do you notice inside the word personification that will give you a clue as to its meaning?

  4. Personification  What word do you notice inside the word personification that will give you a clue as to its meaning?

  5. Personification  • Let’s take a look at several examples! • Now, let’s go a little further and determine what is being personified!

  6. Directions For each of the following slides decide whether each sentence contains a simile, a metaphor, or personification. If simile or metaphor, what is being compared? If personification what object is being personified?

  7. page 72 The other bodies in the room were little more than bags of flesh and bones, dumped across broken chairs and couches.

  8. page 72 The other bodies in the room were little more than bags of flesh and bones, dumped across broken chairs and couches. metaphor

  9. Camp Green Lake once danced in the heart of Texas.

  10. Camp Green Lake once danced in the heart of Texas. personification

  11. Trout's feet smelled like dead fish.

  12. Trout's feet smelled like dead fish. simile

  13. Mr. Yelnats thought old smelly sneakers were his ticket to success.

  14. Mr. Yelnats thought old smelly sneakers were his ticket to success. metaphor

  15. The rain stopped, and the lake said good bye.

  16. The rain stopped, and the lake said good bye. personification

  17. The trees beckoned the campers to its shade.

  18. The trees beckoned the campers to its shade. personification

  19. Clyde Livingston's shoes were as smelly as blue cheese.

  20. Clyde Livingston's shoes were as smelly as blue cheese. simile

  21. The hundred year curse was dynamite to Stanley's family.

  22. The hundred year curse was dynamite to Stanley's family. metaphor

  23. The wind sang its sad tune.

  24. The wind sang its sad tune. personification

  25. Magnet claimed, "My fingers are like little magnets."

  26. Magnet claimed, "My fingers are like little magnets.“ simile

  27. Sam ran like the devil with Charles Walker chasing after him.

  28. Sam ran like the devil with Charles Walker chasing after him. simile

  29. The cameras were windows for the Warden to see into the boys' lives.

  30. The cameras were windows for the Warden to see into the boys' lives. metaphor

  31. The nail polish with rattlesnake venom was as lethal as nuclear waste.

  32. The nail polish with rattlesnake venom was as lethal as nuclear waste. simile

  33. The onions were miracle drugs.

  34. The onions were miracle drugs. metaphor

  35. The camp sang when Stanley and Zero were set free.

  36. The camp sang when Stanley and Zero were set free. personification

  37. Listen to “I am a Rock” by Paul Simon. Highlight personification in blue, metaphors in red, and alliterations in green.

  38. personification blue, metaphors red, and alliterations green

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