Personification Worksheet 9

Personification Worksheet 9 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. Nor shall we murmur at, nor much regret The years that gently bend us to the ground. What is being personified? _______________________________________________________________ Which human trait or quality is given?______________________________________________________ Answer Explanation Years are being personified. They are given the ability to gently bend. 2. Seven times the moon had died Since my lover rode in his silver mail Away from his new-made bride. What is being personified? _______________________________________________________________ Which human trait or quality is given?______________________________________________________ Answer Explanation The moon is being personified. It is given the quality of mortality. 3. Down the ribbon of moonlight, over the brow of the hill, The highwayman came riding, What is being personified? _______________________________________________________________ Which human trait or quality is given?______________________________________________________ Answer Explanation The hill is being personified. It is described as having a brow. 4. Ah, never think that ships forget a shore, Or bitter seas, or winds that made them wise; What is being personified? _______________________________________________________________ Which human trait or quality is given?______________________________________________________ Answer Explanation Ships are being personified. They are given the ability to remember. 5. Then, as the whispering evening crossed the sea, Sweeping the waters with her veil of grey, Wave-worn and weary of the ocean, What is being personified? _______________________________________________________________ Which human trait or quality is given?______________________________________________________ Answer Explanation The evening is being personified. It is given the ability to whisper, cross, and sweep. It also is described as wearing a veil and being weary. 6. 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. 7. That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went, And cannot come again. What is being personified? _______________________________________________________________ Which human trait or quality is given?______________________________________________________ Answer Explanation The highways are being personified. They are given the quality of happiness. 8. I have seen the lady April bringing the daffodils, Bringing the springing grass and the soft warm April rain. What is being personified? _______________________________________________________________ Which human trait or quality is given?______________________________________________________ Answer Explanation April is being personified. This month is described as a lady and given the ability to bring. 9. In ribbons frayed and thin-And startled by the light Silence shrinks deeper in The depths of night. What is being personified? _______________________________________________________________ Which human trait or quality is given?______________________________________________________ Answer Explanation The ribbons are being personified. They are given the ability to startle. 10. Or rain that drips from the forest eaves, Or lone lost winds that arise, unbidden, What is being personified? _______________________________________________________________ Which human trait or quality is given?______________________________________________________ Answer Explanation The winds are being personified. They are described as lone and lost and given the ability to arise.