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Personification and Hyperboles
Personification is when you give a human quality to an inanimate object.
Personification is a comparison that treats things as if they were capable of the actions and
feelings of people.
Personifications are things we feel but don’t literally see.
Examples of personification:
The moon slept in the night sky.
The star is winking at me.
A hyperbole is any extravagant statement or exaggeration for effect.
Hyperbole is used as a figure of speech. For example: I could sleep for a year!
Examples of hyperboles:
He’s so mean he eats snakes for breakfast.
I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
Identify whether the following sentences use a hyperbole (H) or personification (P):
1.
The flames called out their names.
2.
After shoveling snow I was so tired I couldn’t move.
3.
The clock told us it was time to go.
4.
She hit the ball hard enough to fly all the way to Pittsburgh.
5.
The wind whispered to the trees.
6.
It was so cold her car laughed at her when she tried to start it.
7.
After the dance my feet were killing me.
8.
All day long I worked my fingers to the bone.
