identify devices
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Literary DevicesIdentifying similes and
personification
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Detour
If you already know how to identify personification skip this tutorial and move on to the activity.
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What is Personification?
Personification is a figurative device which gives inanimate objects and animals human characteristics.
The flower danced in the wind
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Effect of Personification
• A personification gives your writing pizzazz.For Example:My room is crowded with books, clothes and empty soda cans.
Isn’t this a boring description!
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Instead…
Books, clothes and empty soda cans have invaded my room.You see the word invaded showed that the books, clothes and empty soda cans have taken over the room.
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What is Simile?
Similes compare two like things using ‘as’ or ‘like’Example: The river meandered through the forest like a snake.
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Effect of Simile
• A simile highlights the characteristic you wish to emphasize.
She became as pale as a ghost
The writer emphasizes her paleness through the comparison.
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Let’s Practice!!!Identify the following
devices
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Winning the race felt like flying
Simile or Personification ?
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The cell phone buzzed like an angry bee
Simile or Personification ?
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The sun smiled down on the picnickers
Simile or Personification ?
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The tree stood proudly in the forest
Simile or Personification?
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The leaves danced in the wind
Simile or Personification ?
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NEXT STOP …CREATING SIMILES AND PERSONIFICATIONS
If you feel ready move on. If not review similes and personifications again
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Yeah!!!
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