We have recently written a poem using personification. Please post your favourite personification sentence below:
AIS Language Arts
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Figurative Language - Personification
What is Personification?
Personification is when you make a thing, idea or an animal do something only humans can do.
Personification is when you make a thing, idea or an animal do something only humans can do.
The wind yells while blowing (the wind can't yell, but it gives us the image of the wind being very loud)
The stars danced playfully in the night sky (the stars are twinkling, but 'dance' is more poetic)
I could hear Hawaii calling my name (I really wanted to go to Hawaii)
This video clip has some good examples of personification created by other Grade 6 students:
Sentence of the week
"Since you have decided to have a school trip but have not chosen a place yet, I thought I could help you choose a place." By Polly, 6D
"As the moon cast down an ominous veil of light, it revealed a dead, blood covered carcass." By Anh, 6C
"As the moon cast down an ominous veil of light, it revealed a dead, blood covered carcass." By Anh, 6C
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