2. Personification human attributesrepresenting an animal or inanimate object as having human attributes Personification at its simplest is describing non-humans with human qualities

3. Personification Personification, Continued These can be attributes of form, character, feelings, behavior, and so on. Do chess pieces literally attack each other? Or do we use personification to describe these actions?

4. Personification Personification, Continued Even Ideas and abstractions can also be personified.

5. Purpose Primary PurposePrimarily used as a vivid descriptive device Ideas can be brought to life through personification and objects can be given greater interest.

6. Purpose Secondary PurposeCan also serve to make an abstraction clearer by explaining a concept in terms of everyday human action In other words it allows writers to arrange the world on their own terms, so that the reader can further comprehend it

7. Clichés and Overuse Pitfalls and Problems: –Clichés –Overuse –“Winking stars” is a tired and overdone use of personification –The angry clouds in the hateful sky cruelly spat down on the poor man who had forgotten his umbrella. –This sentence has so much personification that it is distracting

9. Examples The ship began to creak and protest as it struggled against the rising sea. Where is the personification in the above sentence?

10. Examples The ship began to creak and protest as it struggled against the rising sea.

11. Examples We bought this house instead of the one on Maple because this one is more friendly. Where is the personification in the above sentence?

12. Examples We bought this house instead of the one on Maple because this one is more friendly.

13. Examples This coffee is strong enough to get up and walk away. Where is the personification in the above sentence?

14. Examples This coffee is strong enough to get up and walk away.

15. Examples I can't get the fuel pump back on because this bolt is being uncooperative. Where is the personification in the above sentence?

16. Examples I can't get the fuel pump back on because this bolt is being uncooperative.

17. Examples After two hours of political platitudes, everyone grew bored. Even the chairs were bored. Where is the personification in the above sentence?

18. Examples After two hours of political platitudes, everyone grew bored. Even the chairs were bored.

20. Your Turn Replace or add words to make the sentence use personification. 1.My bedroom door (opened). Example Answer: My bedroom door crawled slowly away from me.

21. Your Turn 2.The puppy (barked) when I left for school.

22. Your Turn 3.The leaf (fell) from the tree.

23. Your Turn 4.The flashlight (went on).

24. Your Turn 5.Hair (is) on my head.

25. Your Turn 6.The CD player (made a noise).

26. Your Turn 7.The net (moves) when the basketball goes through.

27. Your Turn 8.The player piano keys (moved up and down).

28. Your Turn 9.The space shuttle (took off).

29. Your Turn 10.The little arrow (moves) across the computer screen.