Personification
LI: I am learning to define personification, give examples of personification in my writing and find examples in texts.
Personification is when you give an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have.
Why do we use it?
It adds interest and fun to poems or stories. Personification is what writers use to bring non-human things to life. It helps us better understand the writer's message.
Can you spot the personification?
All night, thunder growled overhead. Zelda crouched in the darkness, staring. Wind lashed the glistening tarmac and the street lights flickered; Zelda shivered. Where could she escape from the rain?
Whole Class Task: What is being personified and how?
1. The wind sang her sad song through the falling leaves.
2. The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell.
3. The water called invitingly to the boiling hot swimmers.
Partnered Task:
Can you think of a way to personify a tree?
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Independent Task 1:
Can you personify these things? Write a sentence or two about each.
1.A car
2.The moon
3.Flowers
Independent Task 2:
•Write a description of a haunted house, using personification at least 3 times.
•For example, ‘The twisted ivy climbed up the crumbling walls, reaching for an escape’.
