Personification_4_6

4th period Group 6 - Personification Michael, Daniel, Blair, Doug Explanation of Personification

The definitions of personification are: I think that personification means that it’s a translation from statue to a human or something becoming a human. For example, something that isn’t alive becomes a human. The definition of personification is the representation of a thing or abstraction becoming into the form of a person as in art.
 * ** 1. ** || the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, esp. as a rhetorical figure. ||
 * ** 2. ** || the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person, as in art. ||
 * ** 3. ** || the person or thing embodying a quality or the like; an embodiment or incarnation: // He is the personification of tact. // ||
 * ** 4. ** || an imaginary person or creature conceived or figured to represent a thing or abstraction. ||
 * ** 5. ** || the act of personifying. ||
 * ** 6. ** || a character portrayal or representation in a dramatic or literary work. ||

Personification Examples; Example 1;  "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?"

Example 2; I like to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up, And stop to feed itself at tanks; And then, prodigious, step Example 3;Hey diddle, Diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Example 4; Snow speaks to the people its falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air.

Example 5; Stars, bring me up with you Bring me to the place you sleep. How do you do it? Bring me to your home. Bring your thoughts to me. Share them with me Example 6; Velvet remembers how it wrapped around me. Keeping me warm on a snowy day.

Velvet remembers how it laid softly on my bed. Velvet tells me not to forget

Here are some links that I found: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Personification http://dictionary.reference. com/browse/personificationhttp://library.thinkquest.org/ J0112392/personification.htmlhttp://abcteach.com/free/p/ posters_personification.pdf http://www.teachkidspoetry. com/Personification-1.phpThe last one is a good way to teach it.