Intro to Personification | Alex Noudelman
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The document explains personification as a literary device where human qualities are assigned to objects or animals, illustrated by examples like the sun dancing happily. It highlights the use of personification in children's stories, television shows, and Disney movies, emphasizing its role in evoking emotion and deeper understanding. A group activity is suggested where participants create their own examples of personification in sentences.
Intro to Personification | Alex Noudelman
- 2. What is personification? ❖ When human qualities are given to an object or animal. ❖ PERSONification
- 3. Examples The sun danced happily in the afternoon sky.
- 4. Examples As we drove away, the abandoned house looked sad.
- 5. Where do we see personification? ❖ Children’s stories ❖ Children’s television shows ❖ Disney movies
- 6. How many examples can you find?
- 7. Why use personification? ❖ Gives audience deeper understanding ❖ Affects how the audience feels
- 8. Emotion ❖ The sun danced happily in the afternoon sky. ❖ As we drove away, the abandoned house looked sad.
- 9. Emotion Why use emotion in stories?
- 10. Identify Personification in passages Go to Google Classroom. Open up document called Personification Passages. Read the passages and answer the questions with your group.
- 11. Your turn! In groups, you will create examples of personification. Each person in your group must create a sentence personifying the item at your station. After everyone creates a sentence, share them with each other.