Personification: Giving Human Qualities, Feelings, Action, Or Characteristics to Inanimate

Personification: giving human qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics to inanimate (non-living) objects.

For example: The window winked at me.

The verb, wink, is a human action. A window is an inaminate object. Therefore, we have a good example of personification.

Part A: On your own paper, write the object being personified and the meaning of the personification.

1. The wind sang her mournful song through the falling leaves.

Object: Personification:

2. The microwave timer told me it was time to turn my TV dinner.

3. The video camera observed the whole scene.

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

5. The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell.

6. The daffodils nodded their yellow heads at the walkers.

7. The water beckoned invitingly to the hot swimmers.

8. The snow whispered as it fell to the ground during the early morning hours.

9. The china danced on the shelves during the earthquake.

10. The car engine coughed and sputtered when it started during the blizzard.

Object: Personification: Part B: Read the following poem. Circle the objects that are being personified and underline the word that is personification.

April Rain Song

Let the rain kiss you Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops Let the rain sing you a lullaby The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk The rain makes running pools in the gutter The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night And I love the rain.

Langston Hughes

Part C: Use personification to bring something to life by completing the chart below.

Identify: Make a list of common objects  what each object does Change your descriptions of the in this column  its purpose object by using personification  its common characteristics

Mirror

Part D: Choose one object from the chart above. WITH A PARTNER and using the information from the THIRD column, write a small poem about your object that demonstrates personification. Write your poem on a large poster paper and be sure to decorate it.