PPT-Personification

is giving human qualities feelings action or characteristics to things that are not human The mirror is a fortune teller It shows images for concern Hair clumped like seaweed From yesterdays bad perm. A poetic activity. Personification. is giving human qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics to things that are not human.. The mirror is a fortune teller,. It shows images for concern.. Hair clumped like seaweed,. . Making your own personification poem. Dinnertime Chorus. The teapot sang as the water boiled.. The ice cubes crackled in the glass.. The teacups chattered to one another. While the chairs were passing gas.. (The most fantabulous people in the universe). Personification, Oxymorons, Hyperboles, and Stingrays.. -Personification is when you give feelings and characteristics of living things to non-living things.. Imagery &. Metaphor &. eXtended Metaphor. American Literature A – Fall . 2013. Personification: . Make it Human. Assigning human-like qualities to non-human things.. Examples:. A hook shot kisses the rim, hangs there, helplessly, but doesn’t drop.. Poetry. What is Personification?. Personification is a figurative language technique where an. . object. . or idea . is given . human characteristics, abilities, or qualities. .. . The . wind whispered through the dark and gloomy forest.. What do all of these characters have in common?. Figurative Language. Figurative language or speech contains “images.” . The writer or speaker describes something through the use of unusual comparisons. Not only does figurative language add interest , but it actually makes the . “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” ~Robert Frost. Poetic. . Devices. The Sounds of Poetry. Onomatopoeia. When a word’s pronunciation imitates its sound.. A Lesson Plan for 6. th. Graders. By Janice Enquist. Figures of Speech – . make Language Colorful. Idioms. Language that doesn’t mean what is literally written and cannot be understood from the meaning of its separate words. In this . lesson, . you . will learn to make a mental image stronger . by finding examples of personification.. Descriptive words in poetry put pictures in our minds.. Thinking too literally. Personification is when a writer give a human trait to something that is not human.. Hyperbole. Your suitcase weighs a ton!. Half Rhyme . Hold/Bald. Irony. The name of Britain’s biggest dog was “Tiny”. . Personification. To give human or personal qualities to inanimate things or ideas. as a Peacock. Figurative Language. Similes. Metaphors. Hyperboles. Personification. Idioms. Created by. TEACHERS UNLEASHED. Oh, hello there! Don’t mind me, I’m just prettying myself up for these students who are coming to learn about figurative language! . . Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole, Idioms. . Figurative Language . . (figures of speech). Comparing seemingly unlike things using the words . like . or . as. “. Life is . like. a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” . Personification. Make it move like a person: . running, . cart wheeling . reaching. Personification. Make it sound like a person:. Shouting. Whispering. listening. Personification. Give it emotion: . PERSONIFICATION IS…... A figure of speech in which human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas. In the arts, personification means representing non human things as if they were humans..