FIGURES OF SPEECH

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FIGURES OF SPEECH

• Personification

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PERSONIFICATION

• A personification is when we give inanimate
  objects or abstract things human qualities.
• In other words, it is when we treat things as if
  they are real.
• For example, the wind groaned.

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Think about personification.

• Use the following picture to think of your own
  personification.

• The sun smiled down

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Look at the following picture and write your own
personification.

• The fire ran angrily through the forest.

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Look at the following picture and write your own
personification.

• The flowers danced in the breeze.

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Look at the following picture and write your own
personification.
The trees waved in the wind.
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Read the following poem.

• In the Kitchen.
• In the kitchen
• After the aimless
• Chatter of the plates,
• The murmurings of the gas,
• The chuckle of the water pipes
• And the sharp exchanges
• Of knives, forks and spoons,
• Comes the serious quiet,
• When the sink slowly clears its throat
• And you can hear the occasional rumble
• Of the refrigerators tummy
• As it digests the cold.

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Underline the personification

• Chatter of the plates
• Murmuring of the gas
• Chuckle of the pipes
• Sharp exchanges of knives
• Quiet of sink
• Clears its throat
• Rumble of fridges tummy
• Fridge digests

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Ideas behind the use of personification

• The music beckoned.
• beckoned suggests
• you use your index finger to tell someone to come
  towards you
• something attractive is being offered
• you feel lured towards something
• you feel compelled to approach

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Writing about the use of personification

• If asked to write about the effective use of
  personification, you could say
• When the writer says the music beckoned, he
  suggests that music is like a person who uses a
  finger gesture to encourage you to approach. It
  also suggests that you feel forced to approach to
  obey, but it will be a pleasant experience.

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Copy the following sentences and underline the
personification.

• The sea ate away at the white cliff.
• The stream gurgled and babbled.
• My shadow stalked me.
• The mirror is cruel but truthful.
• The frost nipped my toes and bit my nose.
• The flames of the bushfire licked the undergrowth.

Now, in pairs, select one of the above sentences
and try to write about the effectiveness of one
of the personifications.
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Create your own personification.

• Think of your own personification.
• Write it on a piece of paper.
• Illustrate it.

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WELL DONE!
Award yourself the personification certificate.
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