Personification In Literature Worksheet Template printable pdf download

Personification In Literature Worksheet Template

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Personification in Literature

Remember that personification is a figure of speech in which a nonliving thing is

described as if it is living.

Examples:

The flowers bowed their heads in the wind.

The toilet made an angry growling noise.

Read the excerpts from literature and music. On the lines provided, describe what

is being personified.

From “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”

“When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze . . .

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. (William Wordsworth)

From “Good Riddance”

“Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go.” (Greenday)

From “Casey at the Bat”

“A straggling few got up to go in deep despair. The rest

Clung to the hope which springs eternal in the human breast;

They thought, “If only Casey could but get a whack at that—

We’d put up even money now, with Casey at the bat.” (Ernest Lawrence Thayer)

Personification In Literature Worksheet Template