The Car Monster

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The Car Monster

• A Poem Using Personification

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The Car Monster

• It lives in a place with no windows
• Darkness and junk surrounds it
• It sleeps, making no sound
• But waits patiently for its owner
• Then she arrives, daylight fills the room
• The beast lies there, still, coat gleaming
• It tempts its owner with what lies inside
• Cosy, dry and comfy
• In she sits, and the magic key wakes up the
  monster
• A quick cough, a splurt, clearing its throat
• It growls with huge lungs, louder and louder
• Till it settles down to a constant purr.
• Then its begins to move, eyes wide open
• Its dark outside and needs to see clearly
• It turns without effort, hugging the pavement
• Looking straight ahead.

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What about other activities the car might go
through?

• Holidays?
• Filled up at the petrol station?
• Going through a car wash?
• Going to the scrap heap?
• Being involved in a crash?

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Over to you

• I want you to write your own poem based on an
  object that isnt alive, but one we use
  regularly. Describe it as it goes through
  everyday activities.

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I can write a poem using personification.

• You could write about
• a pencil case,
• a washing machine,
• an item of clothing,
• a clock,
• a bus,
• an aeroplane,
• a school
• a classroom
• In fact, anything that isnt alive, and that has
  enough to write about. Choose carefully because
  you wont be able to change your mind half way
  through your poem.