Personification
Personification
Personification
Loneliness is
like a candle in
the dark.
SIMILE
Read the sentences. Clap once, if the sentence
uses simile and twice if it uses metaphor.
Happiness is the
laughter of a little
child at play.
METAPHOR
Read the sentences. Clap once, if the sentence
uses simile and twice if it uses metaphor.
Ella is a dazzling
firework.
METAPHOR
Read the sentences. Clap once, if the sentence
uses simile and twice if it uses metaphor.
Johnny is as
calm as a wave
less ocean.
SIMILE
Read the sentences. Clap once, if the sentence
uses simile and twice if it uses metaphor.
Bethany sings
like a
nightingale.
SIMILE
Humpty Dumpty
Sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty
Had a great fall.
Three little kittens
They lost their mittens
And they began to cry.
Slowly, silently now the moon
Walks the night in her silver
shoes;
This way and that, she peers
and sees
Silver fruits upon silver trees.
The phone
awakened with a
mighty ring.
What is the inanimate
object in the poem?
Example:
The baseball
screamed all the way
into the outfield.
What is the inanimate
object in the poem?
Example:
The ocean
heaved a sigh.
What human quality is
given to the ocean?
Example:
The thunder
grumbled like an
old man.
What human quality is
given to the thunder?
Read the personifications below. Encircle the
inanimate object/thing and underline the
action each does.
The bird
cautiously
tiptoed in the
hall.
Read the personifications below. Encircle the
inanimate object/thing and underline the
action each does.
The stars
veil their
glow.
Read the personifications below. Encircle the
inanimate object/thing and underline the
action each does.
The mountain
stands afar
alone.
GROUP ACTIVITY
• Each group is given a copy of a
poem.
• List down the inanimate
object/s mentioned in the
poem and the human qualities
given to the object/s.
• Write your answer on the meta
card.
GROUP I: GROUP IV:
Hey, diddle, diddle, Earth felt the wound; and Nature from
The cat and the fiddle, her seat,
The cow jumped over the moon; Sighing, through all her works, gave
The little dog laughed signs of woe.
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
GROUP II:
“Ah, William, we’re weary of weather,”
said the sunflowers, shining with dew.
“Our traveling habits have tired us.
Can you give us a room with a view?”
GROUP III:
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
What is
personification?
Read the following sentences. Underline the object
personified and encircle the word which tells what
the object does.
a. Hail pounded the houses
and streets.
b. Midnight hears me cry.
c. The tall trees moaned.
d. The moon faithfully
controls the tide’s ebb and
flow.
Assignment:
Read the following
phrases.
Think of appropriate word
that will fit the sentence to
show personification.
a. Slowed to crawl
b. A friend who protects me
c. Yells at me every morning