The document is a collection of examples of personification created by students. Personification involves giving human qualities to objects or things to make descriptions more vivid. There are over 30 examples provided where an object or thing is given a human quality or characteristic in red text and a simple explanation is given in black text for what the personification means. The examples cover personifying objects from nature like the sun, sky and trees to objects like a clock, computer and blanket.

1. PERSONIFICATION …is giving objects or ‘things’ human qualities. Its purpose is to give more detail and help paint a picture using words in a readers mind.

2. Created by the Year 6 students in Room 19 at EPS. Visit our blog and leave a comment. http://room19eps.edublogs.org/

3. In the following slides: The object or ‘thing’ being personified is yellow . The human quality or characteristic is in red .

4. The mall called out to me. SIMPLY PUT… this means: A person is really wanting to go shopping. By Mr. D

5. The chicken hurled insult after insult at me. SIMPLY PUT… this means: There is an angry chicken clucking loudly at you. By BK

6. Soon winter lifted its frosty finger letting spring burst into life. SIMPLY PUT … this means: Winter is slowly turning into spring. By LP

7. The wind wrapped its icy finger around me SIMPLY PUT… this means: Someone is very cold because the wind is blowing onto them. By FH

8. The television blinked and went to sleep during the storm SIMPLY PUT….this means That the storm put the power out on the television. By KH

9. Winter put down its cold snowy finger and the city slowly went white. Simply put this means: Autumn turned to winter and snow begun to fall. By HC

10. The tree by the river wept under the weight of the storm SIMPLY PUT… this means: Its raining and the trees branches droop down under the weight of the rain and wind. By NM

11. Blades of grass struggled from the sand. SIMPLY PUT… this means: Its difficult for grass to grow. So there is only a little bit of grass. By SK

12. The sun kissed the vibrant spring flowers. SIMPLY PUT…this means: The sun shone brightly on the flowers and it was very warm. By FS

13. SIMPLY PUT…this means: That the wine is so good! By TJ This Wine Speaks For Itself

14. The teddy bear sat slumped on the bed looking sadly at it’s feet SIMPLY PUT…this means: The teddy bear got left, slumped with it’s head bent down. By SS

15. The tired school bus spat out the students. SIMPLY PUT…this means: The bus let out the students. By JC

16. Insects greeted the warm air with loud chirping. SIMPLY PUT…this means: The insects played in the suns warmth. By JL

17. When a sudden fall of snow rubbed out all the flowers… SIMPLY PUT…this means: The snow has covered the flowers. By LD

18. Butterflies danced on the crimson flowers in the garden. SIMPLY PUT…this means: The butterflies flew from one flower to another. By JL

19. The sun woke me up and greeted me in the morning. SIMPLY PUT…this means: The sun shining on your face and woke you up. By PB

20. Fear knocked on the door. SIMPLY PUT…this means: You started to feel scared. By ZS

21. … The fire was so big that.I could feel the flames licking at my face. SIMPLY PUT…this means: The flames were really big and you can feel the heat on your face. By LT

22. The ocean began to whisper in my ear. SIMPLY PUT…this means: Someone is relaxing on or by the calm sea and they can hear it. By RA

23. The excited leaves moved with the breeze. SIMPLY PUT…this means: The wind blew the leaves. By JS

24. The lonely trains whistle cried in the night. SIMPLY PUT…this means: A train blew its whistle in a secluded area where nothing else was around. By TH

25. My computer hates me. SIMPLY PUT…this means: The computer is not working. By KN

26. The clock called the time. SIMPLY PUT…this means: The clock chime went off. By TP

27. The river danced under the summer moon. SIMPLY PUT…this means: The river is flowing fast. By SH

28. The blanket gave out a dusty cough as it was shaken open. SIMPLY PUT…this means: It had a lot of dust in it. By AC

29. The wall shook with noise . SIMPLY PUT…this means: The wall is vibrating and shaking because of loud noise. By NH

30. The thick fog swallowed us. SIMPLY PUT…this means: Fog surrounded some people and they couldn’t see through the fog. By ES

31. Image Acknowledgment Slide 3: http://blog.dreamstime.com/2007/02/16/a-trip-to-the-bookstore-(part-1)_art2 Slide 4: http://www.psa-newmember.org/image_evaluation/pictorial.html Slide 5: http://www.boscobelwisconsin.com/park-wint_active.html Slide 6: http://philadelphiaweather.blogspot.com/2005_12_09_archive.html Slide7: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://outside.danmitchell.org/images/MercedFallTreeRocks20071022.jpg&imgr Slide 8: http://images.google.com/images?imgsz=xxlarge&gbv=2&hl=en&q=flowers+on+a+sunny+day&btnG=Search+Images Slide 9: Slide 10: Slide 11: http://devinallphinphotos.com/flowersatsun.jpg Slide 12: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Port_wine.jpg Slide 13: www.stlmedia.net/pages/ Slide 14classicbristolbuses.thornet.co.uk/mybus.html Slide: 15outdoors.webshots.com/photo/14752400720770393... Slide 16: home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1034994571... Slide 17: www.ni-photos.jmcwd.com/butterfly.html

32. Image Acknowledgment Slide 18: http://www.ckwalsh.com/articles/wake_up.jpg Slide 19: hauntednightmare.homestead.com/ Slide 20 :chewitofficialforum.forumotion.com/general-ar... Slide 21: www.fieldsofperception.co.uk/fopfrgal.html Slide 22: lornadice.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_archive.html Slide 23: slumsofshaolin.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_archiv... Slide 24: www.flatrock.org.nzw/topics/info_and_tech/i_wa... Slide 25: www.reclamationstudios.com/_wsn/page3.html Slide 26: absolutginger.wordpress.com/.../ Slide 27: smariek.blogspot.com/2007/10/devon-square.html Slide 28: http://www.lgchronicle.net/earthquake.html Slide 29: http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/blog/fog.jpg

33. Created by the Year 6 students in Room 19 at EPS. Visit our blog and leave a comment. http://room19eps.edublogs.org/