Personification (with a review of simile and metaphor) Personification (with a review of simile and metaphor)

Personification Personification is when an author gives an idea, object, or animal qualities or traits of a person. Simply, when you make a thing, idea, or animal do something only humans can do.

Personification What word do you notice inside the word personification that will give you a clue as to its meaning?

Personification

Personification  Let’s take a look at several examples! examples  Now, let’s go a little further and determine what is being personified! what is being personifiedwhat is being personified

Directions For each of the following slides decide whether each sentence contains a simile, a metaphor, or personification. If simile or metaphor, what is being compared? If personification what object is being personified?

page 72 The other bodies in the room were little more than bags of flesh and bones, dumped across broken chairs and couches.

metaphor

Camp Green Lake once danced in the heart of Texas.

personification

Trout's feet smelled like dead fish.

simile

Mr. Yelnats thought old smelly sneakers were his ticket to success.

metaphor

The rain stopped, and the lake said good bye.

personification

The trees beckoned the campers to its shade.

personification

Clyde Livingston's shoes were as smelly as blue cheese.

simile

The hundred year curse was dynamite to Stanley's family.

metaphor

The wind sang its sad tune.

personification

Magnet claimed, "My fingers are like little magnets."

Magnet claimed, "My fingers are like little magnets.“ simile

Sam ran like the devil with Charles Walker chasing after him.

simile

The cameras were windows for the Warden to see into the boys' lives.

metaphor

The nail polish with rattlesnake venom was as lethal as nuclear waste.

simile

The onions were miracle drugs.

metaphor

The camp sang when Stanley and Zero were set free.

personification

Listen to “I am a Rock” by Paul Simon. Highlight personification in blue, metaphors in red, and alliterations in green. A winter's day- in a deep and dark December I am alone- Gazing from my window to the streets below On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. I am a rock, I am an island. I've built walls, A fortress deep and mighty That none may penetrate I have no need of friendship friendship causes pain It's laughter and loving I disdain I am a rock, I am an island. Don't talk of love but I've heard the word before It's sleeping in my memory I won't disturb the slumber of the feelings that have died If I never loved I never would have cried. I am a rock, I am an island. I have my books and my poetry to protect me I am shielded in my armor Hiding in my room, safe within my womb, I touch no one and no one touches me. I am a rock, I am an island. And a rock feels no pain, and an island never cries.

personification blue, metaphors red, and alliterations green A winter's day- in a deep and dark December I am alone- Gazing from my window to the streets below On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. I am a rock, I am an island. I've built walls, A fortress deep and mighty That none may penetrate I have no need of friendship friendship causes pain It's laughter and loving I disdain I am a rock, I am an island. Don't talk of love but I've heard the word before It's sleeping in my memory I won't disturb the slumber of the feelings that have died If I never loved I never would have cried. I am a rock, I am an island. I have my books and my poetry to protect me I am shielded in my armor Hiding in my room, safe within my womb, I touch no one and no one touches me. I am a rock, I am an island. And a rock feels no pain, and an island never cries.