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  PERSONIFICATION

  PERSONIFICATION. "Arise, fair sun and kill the envious moon". Definition: When you portray a thing, idea, or an animal doing something only humans can do. Why is this an example of personification?.

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  PERSONIFICATION

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  1.   PERSONIFICATION "Arise, fair sun and kill the envious moon" Definition: When you portray a thing, idea, or an animal doing something only humans can do. Why is this an example of personification?

  2. "The only monster here is the gambling monster that has enslaved your mother! I call him gambling and it's time to snatch your mother from his neon claws!" ((Homer Simpson in The Simpsons)) Does “GAMBLING” have claws? Can “GAMBLING” really ”enslave” ? Personification is giving human traits to non-human things. CLAWS/ENSLAVING GAMBLING Human trait ?_________________ Non Human thing ?____________

  3. I'll speak to it though Hell itself should gapeAnd bid me hold my peace. Hamlet, scene ii WHY IS THIS PERSONIFICATION? GAPE and BID HELL Human trait ?_________________ Non Human thing ?____________

  4. Doubt thou the stars are fire;Doubt that the sun doth move;Doubt truth to be a liar;But never doubt I love. Hamlet’s letter, scene ii Tis now the very witching time of night,When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes outContagion to this world: now could I drink hot blood,And do such bitter business, as the dayWould quake to look on. Hamlet, scene ii Identity examples of Personification in these excerpts from “Hamlet”

  5. Liberty Needs Glasses excuse me but lady liberty needs glasses and so does mrs justice by her side both the broads r blind as bats stumbling thru the system justice bumbed into mutulu and trippin on geronimo pratt but stepped right over oliver and his crooked partner ronnie justice stubbed her big toe on mandela and liberty was misquoted by the indians slavery was a learning phase forgotten with out a verdict while justice is on a rampage 4 endangered surviving black males i mean really if anyone really valued life and cared about the masses theyd take em both 2 pen optical and get 2 pair of glasses EXTENDED PERSONIFICATION Lady Liberty mrs. justice What does Tupac mean “lady liberty needs glasses?” Why is this personification? What are examples of Tupac extending the metaphor? By TUPAC SHAKUR

  6. WRITE YOUR OWN SHAKESPEAREAN PERSONIFICATION POEM USE YOUR HANDOUT

  7. WRITE YOUR OWN SHAKESPEAREAN PERSONIFICATION POEM STEP ONE: STEP TWO: Choose a word from List A Choose a word from List B Write this word next to the word from List A.List A List Bsun tells guides moon shows takesstars remindssky teachessea listensstone remembersnight bringsmountain looksdawn dancesmorning dreamsEXAMPLE: stone listens NOW MAKE YOUR OWN POEM Write five sentences and put them together each on its own line. EXAMPLE:Night reminds me of yesterday.The sun listens to the messages of the clouds.Moon, look for me in the fields.Sea, guide me to you.Dawn bring me to the new day. WRITE YOUR PERSONIFICATION POEM BELOW. ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ NOW GIVE IT A - “TITLE”

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