Personification Worksheet 8

Personification Worksheet 8 Directions: In each sentence, an object or idea is personified. Identify the object or idea that is being personified and explain which human trait or action is applied to the object or idea. Personification: a figurative language technique where an object or idea is given human traits or characteristics. 1. I met Poor Sorrow on the way As I came down the years; I gave him everything I had And looked at him through tears. What is being personified? _______________________________________________________________ Which human trait or quality is given?______________________________________________________ Answer Explanation Sorrow is being personified. It is described as being poor and accepting everything that the speaker had. 2. What are you, fireflies, That come as daylight dies? What is being personified? _______________________________________________________________ Which human trait or quality is given?______________________________________________________ Answer Explanation Daylight is being personified. It is given the ability to die. 3. And a breeze, on pleasure bent, Catches in her little hands The sharp scent. What is being personified? _______________________________________________________________ Which human trait or quality is given?______________________________________________________ Answer Explanation The breeze is being personified. The breeze is described as pleasure-seeking. It is also given little hand and the ability to catch things. 4. When all but her were sleeping fast, And the night was nearly fled� What is being personified? _______________________________________________________________ Which human trait or quality is given?______________________________________________________ Answer Explanation The night is being personified. It is given the ability to flee. 5. I crawled on my hands and lay Where a shallow crater yawned wide; What is being personified? _______________________________________________________________ Which human trait or quality is given?______________________________________________________ Answer Explanation A crater is being personified. It is given the ability to yawn. 6. The wintry rustle of dead leaves falling, The whispering wind through the matted glen; What is being personified? _______________________________________________________________ Which human trait or quality is given?______________________________________________________ Answer Explanation The wind is personified. It is given the ability to whisper. 7. The air is filled as she passes through With a subtle, sad perfume. What is being personified? _______________________________________________________________ Which human trait or quality is given?______________________________________________________ Answer Explanation The perfume is being personified. It is given the quality of sadness. 8. I stood beside you in the bow, Watched the sunlight lose itself among your hair, That the breeze tugged at. What is being personified? _______________________________________________________________ Which human trait or quality is given?______________________________________________________ Answer Explanation The sunlight and the breeze are being personified. The sunlight is given the ability to lose itself and the breeze is given the ability to tug. 9. Softly at dawn a whisper stole Down from the Green House on the Hill. What is being personified? _______________________________________________________________ Which human trait or quality is given?______________________________________________________ Answer Explanation A whisper is being personified. It is given the ability to steal or to sneak. 10. Out on the bay a lone ship light Makes a silver pathway over the bar Where the sea sings low. What is being personified? _______________________________________________________________ Which human trait or quality is given?______________________________________________________ Answer Explanation The sea is being personified. It is given the ability to sing.