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The document discusses the figurative language of personification. It defines personification as giving an inanimate object or concept a human attribute. It provides examples of personification and explains why authors use personification is to exaggerate and emphasize a point. It discusses how to analyze personification by highlighting the comparisons, identifying the abstract quality and human attribute, and phrasing the comparison. The document encourages practicing analyzing examples of personification and applying a four-step analysis to unpack uses of personification in poems.
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- 1. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Personification
- 4. Personification! Giving an inanimate object or concept a human attribute
- 5. Personification! Giving an inanimate object or concept a human attribute The mall was calling out to me.
- 6. Personification! Giving an inanimate object or concept a human attribute The mall was calling out to me.
- 7. Personification! Giving an inanimate object or concept a human attribute The mall was calling out to me.
- 8. Personification! Giving an inanimate object or concept a human attribute The mall was calling out to me.
- 9. Personification! Giving an inanimate object or concept a human attribute The mall was calling out to me.
- 10. Personification! Giving an inanimate object or concept a human attribute The mall was calling out to me.
- 11. Personification! Giving an inanimate object or concept a human attribute The mall was calling out to me.
- 12. Personification! Giving an inanimate object or concept a human attribute The mall was calling out to me.
- 13. Personification! Giving an inanimate object or concept a human attribute The mall was calling out to me.
- 14. Personification!
- 15. Personification! Time stole my youth away.
- 16. Personification! Time stole my youth away. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
- 18. Why use personification? To exaggerate and emphasize a point
- 19. Why use personification? To exaggerate and emphasize a point ASK: What point exactly is the poet/writer trying to emphasize?
- 20. Why use personification? To exaggerate and emphasize a point ASK: What point exactly is the poet/writer trying to emphasize? The mall is calling out to me
- 21. Why use personification? To exaggerate and emphasize a point ASK: What point exactly is the poet/writer trying to emphasize? The mall is calling out to me The mall is given human attribute of ‘calling’ out to the narrator, making it hard to deny the mall.
- 22. Why use personification? To exaggerate and emphasize a point ASK: What point exactly is the poet/writer trying to emphasize? The mall is calling out to me The mall is given human attribute of ‘calling’ out to the narrator, making it hard to deny the mall. The narrator can’t help himself but wants to go to the mall.
- 23. How to analyze?
- 24. How to analyze? Highlight areas of comparisons
- 25. How to analyze? Highlight areas of comparisons Identify the abstract quality and the human attribute.
- 26. How to analyze? Highlight areas of comparisons Identify the abstract quality and the human attribute. Phrase in the following manner:
- 27. How to analyze? Highlight areas of comparisons Identify the abstract quality and the human attribute. Phrase in the following manner: (Concept/inanimate object) is being compared to (human attribute).
- 28. How to analyze? Highlight areas of comparisons Identify the abstract quality and the human attribute. Phrase in the following manner: (Concept/inanimate object) is being compared to (human attribute). Explain the literal & Implied meaning.
- 29. Practice
- 30. Practice Practice analyzing the personifications used in these examples
- 31. Practice Practice analyzing the personifications used in these examples Pair work
- 32. Practice Practice analyzing the personifications used in these examples Pair work Identify comparison, phrase the comparison, explain the literal & implied meaning of each one used.
- 34. Application
- 35. Application Pg 79 Text B Unpack the poem 4-step analysis of poetic devices used Analyze the use of figurative languages used and show how the writer extends the metaphor - What does the poet imply about death?
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