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DENİZATI SCHOOLS 6 GRADE LITERARY TERMS AND CRITICISM
2020-2021 ACADEMIC YEAR

There are many reasons for using personification. It can be used as a

method of describing something so that others can understand. It

can be used to emphasize a point. It is a commonly favoured literary

tool, and you may in fact use personification without even knowing it.

Examples

“The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow”.

“She didn’t realize that opportunity was knocking at.”

“I could hear Hawaii calling my name.”

YOUNG BOY

Bill was a teenager at the age of 15. He was a bit chubby boy. Science- fiction

novels were his best friends. On that sunny day, he was sitting in the garden

next to the sun flowers which were smiling to Bill. But the only thing that

attracted him was the piece of cake which was calling his name; because he

was on a diet and starving.

Read the passage and answer the questions in full sentences.

1. What things are being personified in the passage above?

a.______________________________________________

b.______________________________________________

c.______________________________________________

2. What specific human activities are they performing that they

can’t do in the real world? Explain one by one.