WRITING

SKILLS

PERSONIFICATION POEM
CLASS PRESENTATION
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 I CAN

• Discuss the personification and 5 senses poems

• Write original personification poem

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Let’s read a Personification Poem
And Discuss

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At the Window

The pine-trees bend to listen to the autumn wind as it mutters

Something which sets the black poplars ashake with hysterical laughter;
While slowly the house of day is closing its eastern shutters.

further down the valley the clustered tombstones recede,

Winding about their dimness the mist's grey cerements, after
The street tamps in the darkness have suddenly started to bleed.

The leaves fly over the window and utter a word as they pass
To the face that leans from the darkness, intent, with two dark-filled eyes
That watch for ever earnestly from behind the window glass. 4
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At the Window

Now let’s answer some question about the poem above

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At the Window

1. What is the poem about?

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At the Window

1. What is the poem about?

- It’s about an Autumn.

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At the Window

2. How does the author personify the pine trees?

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At the Window

2. How does the author personify the pine trees?

- He says that pine

trees can listen to a
wind like humans do.

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At the Window

3. How does personification help the poem?

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At the Window

3. How does personification help the poem?

- Personification helps
the reader to imagine
detailed scene that the
author is trying to
describe.
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 CHARASTERISTICS OF A
PERSONIFICATION POEM

• Personification means giving an inanimate object or

abstract idea living qualities.

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 CHARASTERISTICS OF A
PERSONIFICATION POEM

• Personification poem includes examples of

personification where the poet describes an
abstraction, thing, or object as if it were a person.

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 CHARASTERISTICS OF A
PERSONIFICATION POEM

• There are nine or more lines in the poem

• And there are 2 or more stanzas.

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Now, Let’s read 5 senses
And discuss…

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 Discuss…
Anger

Terrifying body of evil on eight hairy legs

Smoldering knots
A screaming, blinding orange
Paper made of rough, crushed pebbles
Slimy lettuce leaves on moldy milk cartons
Long nights working for nothing at all
Bitter sour taste like a twisted tongue
High-pitched sounds of glass breaking
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Anger

1. What is described in this poem?

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Anger

1. What is described in this poem?

- Anger.

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Symbol

2. How does this poem relate to the title?

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 CHARASTERISTICS OF 5
SENSES POEM

• There is described eight items in a 5 sense poem.

• The description is written in a word or phrase.
• The describing thing is not named in the poem.

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Symbol

2. How does this poem relate to the title?

- The title is an object

that is being described
in the poem.

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Now, Let’s try to write a
Personification Poem

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 RULES
• There is provided steps about writing a Personification Poem
• Follow each step
• Write your own Poem
• Have fun

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 Writing your
Personification Poem

1. select an object and an action?

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 Writing your
Personification Poem
• Sun • Tells
• Moon • Shows
• Reminds
• Stars
• Teaches
• Sky • Listens
LIST A • Wind • Remembers LIST B
• Sea • Brings
• Stone • Looks
• Night • Dances
• Dreams
• Mountain
• Guides
• Down • Takes
• Morning • hides 25
 Writing your
Personification Poem
• Sun • Tells
• Moon To get started, choose a • Shows
• Reminds
• Stars word from LIST A
• Teaches
• Sky • Listens
LIST A • Wind • Remembers LIST B
• Sea • Brings
• Stone • Looks
• Night • Dances
• Dreams
• Mountain
• Guides
• Down • Takes
• Morning • hides 26
 Writing your
Personification Poem
• Sun • Tells
• Moon To get started, choose a • Shows
• Reminds
• Stars word from LIST A
• Teaches
• Sky • Listens
LIST A • Wind • Remembers LIST B
• Sea Then, choose a word • Brings
• Stone from LIST B • Looks
• Night • Dances
• Dreams
• Mountain
• Guides
• Down • Takes
• Morning • hides 27
 Writing your
Personification Poem

2. Personify the object or moment

• Expand the words you selected to create a line of

poetry.
Example: stone and Listens

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 Writing your
Personification Poem

Example Poetry:
The stone listens carefully to nature’s tales

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 Writing your
Personification Poem

3. Write a 1st Draft of your poem

• Let the line of poetry you wrote in STEP 2 inspire a poem.

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 Writing your
Personification Poem

3. Write a 1st Draft of your poem

• Let the line of poetry you wrote in STEP 2 inspire a poem.

• Remember to include multiple stanzas.

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 Writing your
Personification Poem

3. Write a 1st Draft of your poem

• Let the line of poetry you wrote in STEP 2 inspire a poem.

• Remember to include multiple stanzas.
• Title your poem

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 Congratulations!
With your first Personification Poem!

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WHAT DID WE LEARN TODAY?

• To overview and discuss Personification and 5 senses

Poems

• Format of the and 5 senses Poems

• To write the original Personification Poem

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 THANK YOU
AND
KEEP LEARNING!

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