PERSONIFICATION

ENGAGING
ACTIVITIES,
PRACTICE,
AND
PROJECTS
PERSONIFICATION
A COMPLETE PACKAGE
TO TEACH THIS
LITERARY DEVICE!
This package of resources
contains everything you need to
teach students about
personification. Very little
teacher prep is required – simply
print and teach!

This package contains a class

poster, practice, projects, and
activities! Answer key included!
This package contains the following:
• Personification Poster: A poster you can hang
in your classroom to define this literary
element.

• Personification Practice Worksheet #1:

Students must read different sentences, and
circle those containing personification.
Answer key provided.

• Personification Practice Worksheet #2: For this

worksheet, students must write and illustrate
their own examples of personification.

• Personification Story Writing: Students choose

an inanimate object, and write a story about a
day in their life.

• Personification Superhero Project: Students

choose an inanimate object, and turn it into a
superhero. Students must write about their
superhuman qualities, and provide an
illustration.
PERSONIFICATION:
To give human
characteristics to
something that is
not human
PERSONIFICATION PRACTICE
Circle each example of personification.

1. Her brown hair moved with the breeze

2. My alarm clock screamed and woke me up
this morning.
3. The boy ran like a tiger.
4. My pencil danced across the page.
5. The girl was a beautiful angel.
6. The birds twirled through the air, dancing
from tree to tree.
7. The cat licked my face as I tried to read my
newspaper.
8. The paper was like a blank canvas, begging to
be drawn upon.
9. The town was taken over by a heard of wild
running shoes.
10.The boy smiled at the turtle.
11. The wind whispers through the trees.
12.The park bench smiled, as if it knew a secret.
13.Teardrops kissed my cheeks as I ran down the
road.
PERSONIFICATION PRACTICE
ANSWER KEY
Correct answers in red.

1. Her brown hair moved with the breeze

2. My alarm clock screamed and woke me up
this morning.
3. The boy ran like a tiger.
4. My pencil danced across the page.
5. The girl was a beautiful angel.
6. The birds twirled through the air, dancing
from tree to tree.
7. The cat licked my face as I tried to read my
newspaper.
8. The paper was like a blank canvas, begging to
be drawn upon.
9. The town was taken over by a heard of wild
running shoes.
10.The boy smiled at the turtle.
11. The wind whispers through the trees.
12.The park bench smiled, as if it knew a secret.
13.Teardrops kissed my cheeks as I ran down the
road.
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A CAR
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 PERSONIFICATION STORY
Choose an inanimate object, and write a one
page account of their daily life.
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PERSONIFICATION
SUPERHEROES
Task:
Your job is to create an inanimate object
superhero. Using personification, give the
inanimate object some human qualities that you
think would help make it an excellent superhero.

Requirements:
Your assignment must include the following:
•A picture of your inanimate object superhero
•A description of the human qualities your
inanimate object has that make it a great
superhero

PICTURE: /10 Marks

DESCRIPTION: /10 Marks
TOTAL /20 Marks
PERSONIFICATION
SUPERHERO
IMAGE

DESCRIPTION
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