PERSONIFICATION in ACTION

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Exploring Poetic Device to develop descriptive writing skills using personification

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By: bvitale (1 days ago)

Great job -- I'd love to download this and use it with my students.

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Exploring Poetic Device to develop Descriptive Writing Skills Using Figures of Speech

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Read the following text and tell what do you observe about the italicized words . The wind sang her mournful song through the falling leaves. The microwave timer told me it was time to turn my TV dinner. The video camera observed the whole scene.

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The cloud scattered rain throughout the city. The tropical storm slept for two days. The ancient car groaned into third gear. The wind sang her mournful song through the falling leaves.

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 Book I sit here waiting for you, collecting dust on this shelf. I’m hugging my pages tight. I can wait forever for you to open me. You will not be disappointed.  Candle I scream out in the dark I bring light to you My flame whispers in the quiet

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Based on the examples given, define PERSONIFICATION ?

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Personification is the attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects.

The Sky Is Low, The Clouds Are Mean, by Emily Dickinson The sky is low, the clouds are mean, A travelling flake of snow Across a barn or through a rut Debates if it will go. A narrow wind complains all day How some one treated him; Nature, like us, is sometimes caught Without her diadem. : 

The Sky Is Low, The Clouds Are Mean, by Emily Dickinson The sky is low, the clouds are mean, A travelling flake of snow Across a barn or through a rut Debates if it will go. A narrow wind complains all day How some one treated him; Nature, like us, is sometimes caught Without her diadem.

April Rain Song by Langston Hughes  Let the rain kiss you Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops Let the rain sing you a lullaby The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk The rain makes running pools in the gutter The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night And I love the rain.: 

April Rain Song by Langston Hughes Let the rain kiss you Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops Let the rain sing you a lullaby The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk The rain makes running pools in the gutter The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night And I love the rain.

Two Sunflowers Move in the Yellow Room by William Blake “Ah, William, we’re weary of weather,” said the sunflowers, shining with dew. “Our traveling habits have tired us. Can you give us a room with a view?”   They arranged themselves at the window and counted the steps of the sun, and they both took root in the carpet where the topaz tortoises run. : 

Two Sunflowers Move in the Yellow Room by William Blake “Ah, William, we’re weary of weather,” said the sunflowers, shining with dew. “Our traveling habits have tired us. Can you give us a room with a view?” They arranged themselves at the window and counted the steps of the sun, and they both took root in the carpet where the topaz tortoises run.

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List A List B sun moon stars sky sea stone night mountain dawn morning tells shows reminds teaches listens remembers brings looks dances dreams guides takes "Listen to the Sea" Use to write a poem about nature. Choose a word from List A or a different word that names something in nature. Choose a word from List B or another word that names an action. Write this word next to the word from List A.

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Example: stone listens Then expand your words into a sentence. Example: The stone listens carefully to the grass as it grows around it.

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Write on one subject, or describe other objects in nature. Select favorite lines to put together in a poem. You may need to drop the "s" on the end of the verbs. Example: Night, it reminds me of yesterday. The sun listens to the messages of the clouds. Moon, look for me on the field. Sea, guide me to you. Dawn, bring me to the new day.

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Guided Lyric Poetry Writing using Personification