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Second Quarter
Activity No.____
Activity Title: Personification
Concept Notes:
Personification is a comparison in
which a non-human thing or quality is talked
about as if it were human with human
qualities, abilities, feelings, and reactions.

Examples:
1. The window winked at me.
The verb, wink is a human action. A
window is a non-living object.
2. The sailboat danced gracefully past us.
3. The flames ate hungrily at the burning
house.
4. The once-proud trees bent meekly before
the storm.
5. The tree fought the wind with its branches.
6. The microwave timer told me it was time
to turn my TV dinner.
7. The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell.
8. The books danced on the shelves during
the earthquake.

Exercises:
A. Tell whether the following lines are examples of personification. Encircle the number if it uses personification and
cross it out if it does not use personification.
1. Their hearts jumped with joy knowing that Pendong was saved.
2. The road to Dagat-dagatan was a writhing snake on a fence.
3. The waves swallowed Pendong into the deep.
4. The river heard the laughter of the boys.
5. The car slept on the bank of the distant river.
6. The salambao embraced the half-conscious boy.
7. The news whispered to the people the heroic act done by David.
8. David’s feet are like propellers of a steamboat.
9. His stroke was like a movement of a beautiful butterfly.
10. The water choked Pendong until he lost his consciousness.

B. Underline the idea, object, or animal being personified and circle what they’re doing that makes it an example of
personification.

1. My ipad throws a tantrum every time I use it.

2. The popcorn was jumping out of the bowl.
3. The thunder clapped angrily.
4. The flowers begged for water.
5. The vines wove their fingers together to form a braid.
6. The sun played hide and seek with the clouds.
7. The wind whispered softly in the night.
8. The carved pumpkin smiled at me.
9. Trees bowed to the ground.
10. Lightning danced across the sky.