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April 2011 Understanding Personification Personification • Personification is when you make an inanimate object, an idea, or an animal do something only humans can do. – The wind whistled through the trees. – The wind can not whistle, only humans can. Where have you seen animals that exhibit human traits? • Television – Cartoons – Commercials • Movies • Stories – Fables – Fairy Tales – Novels “Autumn” by Ann Nelson Autumn is an old woman Who is still beautiful because her bones are good Who comes to breakfast in her diamonds And keeps the blinds drawn Who comes to tea in yesterday’s lace And uses the best china Who comes to dine in apricot satin And eats walnuts. Autumn is an old woman Who spends lavishly the heavy gold of the moon Who has the plants in the conservatory painted sunset Who lights a million candles on the gabled roof And never looks back to see them black. Have You Ever Seen Anonymous Have you ever seen a sheet on a river bed? Or a single hair from a hammer's head? Has the foot of a mountain any toes? And is there a pair of garden hose? Does the needle ever wink its eye? Why doesn't the wing of a building fly? Can you tickle the ribs of a parasol? Or open the trunk of a tree at all? Are the teeth of a rake ever going to bite? Have the hands of a clock any left or right? Can the garden plot be deep and dark? And what is the sound of the birch's bark? Fill in the blanks to complete these examples of personification: • • • • • • The garbage disposal ___ the silverware. The hurricane ________ through the town. Your report card _____ well of you. The seat in the theater _____ when the man sat down. My homework ______ to me from my room. My feet are _________ me. Personification in poetry “The Wind” The wind stood up and gave a shout. He whistled on his fingers and Kicked the withered leaves about And thumped the branches with his hand And said he’d kill and kill and kill And so he will and so he will. Personification “The Wind” The wind stood up and gave a shout. 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Of course not, it’s an exaggeration! HYPERBOLE A hyperbole is a type of figurative language. It is often confused with a simile or a metaphor because it often compares two objects. The difference is a hyperbole is an exaggeration. For example: His feet were as big as a yacht. It looks like a simile. It is comparing foot size to the size of a yacht. Everyone knows that a yacht can be up to 700 feet long. Imagine getting a pair of shoes that big! • • • • • • • • I nearly died laughing. I tried a thousand times. I could sleep for a year. His backpack weighed a ton. I'd rather take baths with a man-eating shark. I've told you a million times you exaggerate! I will skin you alive. Your mother is so small she does chin-ups on the curb. Hyperbole Poem “Homework” by Jack Prelutsky Homework! Oh, Homework! I hate you! You stink! I wish I could wash you away in the sink, if only a bomb would explode you to bits. Homework! Oh, homework! You're giving me fits. I'd rather take baths with a man-eating shark, or wrestle a lion alone in the dark, eat spinach and liver, pet ten porcupines, than tackle the homework, my teacher assigns. Homework! Oh, homework! you're last on my list, I simple can't see why you even exist, if you just disappeared it would tickle me pink. Homework! Oh, homework! I hate you! You stink!