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Personification
By:MaryKissee

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Standard:ELAGSE6RL4:Determinethemeaningofwordsandphrasesastheyare
usedinatext,includingfigurativeandconnotativemeaningsanalyzetheimpactof
aspecificwordchoiceonmeaningandtone.

Objective:Studentswillunderstandthefigurativelanguageofpersonification
throughcomparingandcontrastingimagesandavideoonaTchart.

Grade:6th

ContentArea:LanguageArts

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Listwhattheactionsofthese
charactersaredoingbelow:

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Listthecharacteristicsofthe
charactersinthevideowejust
watchedbelow:

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NowLet'sCompare&Contrastthe
CharacteristicsfromthePicturesandtheVideo:
Picture: Video:

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Exactly,youjustdescribedPersonification!
Personificationis......
Whenyougivehumanqualitiestoanobject
oranimal.
Itisalsoaliterarytoolthataddsinterestor
understandingtoapoemorastory.

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Let'slookatpersonificationinsome
sentences:
Thepuppylaughedloudlyatherowner.
Theoceanroaredsoftly.
Thewatertickledthekittyasshewalked
by.
Doesapuppyreallylaugh?Orcanwater
reallytickleakitty?(NO)

Exactly,that'swhat?(Personification)

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Let'scirclewherepersonificationis
beingusedinthepoembelow:

AprilRainSongbyLangstonHughes
Lettherainkissyou
Lettherainbeatuponyourheadwithsilverliquiddrops
Lettherainsingyoualullaby
Therainmakesstillpoolsonthesidewalk
Therainmakesrunningpoolsinthegutter
Therainplaysalittlesleepsongonourroofatnight
AndIlovetherain.

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Nowlet'suseourknowledge
aboutPersonificationtomodelit
insentences!
Spinthespinnertoreceivean
objectthatyoumustusetocreate
asentenceusingpersonification.

Onceyouhavereceivedyour
objectfromthespinner,writeyour
sentenceonasheetofpaper,as
wearegoingtoshareour
sentencesaloud.

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