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50 examples of personification.

Justice is blind and, at times, deaf.
Money is the only friend that I can count on.
The cactus saluted any visitor brave enough to travel the scorched land.
Jan ate the hotdog despite the arguments it posed to her digestive system.
The world does not care to hear your sad stories.
After freedom’s sweet kiss, she could never return to the doldrums of the factory.
Peggy heard the last piece of cheesecake in the refrigerator calling her name.
The sorry engine wheezed its death cough.
Drugs dragged him into this place and they wouldn’t let him leave alive.
The buses can be impatient around here.
These casinos are always hungry enough to eat your dinner.
He sang a lonely song to the moonlight.
The candle flame danced in the dark.
Thunder grumbled and raindrops reported for duty.
The moon turned over to face the day.
As fall turned to winter, the trees found themselves wearing white.
The brown grass was begging for water.
Our society needs strong leaders.
One unhappy icicle wasted away in the day.
The sunflowers nodded in the wind.
Most pianos have pretty good manners but Stephan can make them sound rude.
The traffic noises argued long into the night and finally Cal went to sleep.
The angry storm pounded the tin shelter.
A school of rainbow trout swam across the mouth of the river.
The silence crept into the classroom.
Father Time can always catch up to you, no matter how fast you run.
This city never sleeps.
The sun stretched its golden arms across the plains.
My heart has been skipping around in my chest since I saw her.
The child of morning, rosy fingered dawn, appeared.
Any trust I had for him walked right out the door.
And with those four words her happiness died.
The cigarettes stole his health and spent it on phlegm.
Kiss your integrity goodbye.
The trees dropped their leaves and rested.
I overheard the streets talking about you.
Winter’s icy grip squeezed his rib cage.
The business world would chew you up and spit you out.
The clouds pushed each other around in the sky.
He had little to live for now that his dreams were dead.
The smell of smoke tattled on the delinquent.
The wind whispered the rumors of the forest.
The jittery hands of corruption orchestrated the affairs at city hall.
Still waters shivered in the wind.
Those greedy weeds have starved the petunias.
A case of cupcakes can be quite charming to an empty stomach.
December light is brief and uncharitable.
This morning had friendly greetings for peaceful sleepers.
The party died as soon as she left.
Light had conquered darkness.

Common Core State Standards Related to Personification

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4 – Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.5 – Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

ELA Standards: Literature

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.4 – Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.4 – Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.4 – Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.4 – Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.4 – Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.4 – Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.4 – Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4 – Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.)

ELA Standards: Language

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.5 – Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.5a – Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (e.g., as pretty as a picture) in context. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.5b – Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.5a – Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.5b – Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5a – Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) in context. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.5a – Interpret figures of speech (e.g., literary, biblical, and mythological allusions) in context. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.5a – Interpret figures of speech (e.g. verbal irony, puns) in context. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.5a – Interpret figures of speech (e.g., euphemism, oxymoron) in context and analyze their role in the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.5a – Interpret figures of speech (e.g., hyperbole, paradox) in context and analyze their role in the text.

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Hi Mr. Morton, this was really helpful and I understand what personification is now but, I have one question. How is 12. an example of personification?

12. He sang a lonely song to the moonlight.

Can you help me with this personification? I’m stuck on it. The book __________ and then __________ as I began to read it.

Is “the smell of night” also personification?

I think it depends on what is intended by the speaker, like referencing the act of smelling, maybe. But probably no.

I need means of the following personified sentences. 1. The candle danced in the dark. 2. The sunflowers nodded in the wind. 3. The angry storm pounded the shelter. 4. The silence crept into the classroom. 5. The city never sleeps. 6. The thunder grumbled and the raindrops repoted for duty.

for anyone confused, personification means, when something that cannot do what a human can, you give the chosen object a human action (which is only for saying, it doesn’t actually happen.)

Adnan yousef

How can I get to solve all 50 examples .. I beg you to reply quickly.

What do you mean by “solve”?

Is ‘water RUNS to the mouth of the water’ an example of personification please ??

How about ‘the clock HANDS have stopped moving’ ?? Is this another example of personification ?? Many thanks

Yes, those are examples of personification.

how would I personify the bad use of energy drinks on our bodies…it is for my persuasive speech?

Laya Bajpai

Hi, Is, “the body whispers to the heart pump blood into me.” an example of personification. Please help I am confused.

Yes. A heart can’t whisper. People can. Since the language gives the heart the ability to whisper, the speaker is personifying the heart, or giving it human abilities.

this did not help at all

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Yeah, it’s kindy good but I want it to be perfect

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I need to personified this word in sentences Sky Flowers Fireflies

I need to personified these words Flowers Moon Sea Mountains River

Rick Antonich

God the Father personified His word and called it His Son

The rebuttal disappears without a trace never to be seen by Kinect300 again. Mr. Morton, How was my first personification? I am a beginner writer and I enjoy reading your list. It’s kinda strange because It was like learning a beautiful foreign language, only in English.

Sorry, but not all of these are personification.

Ok, which ones do you believe aren’t personification? Let’s talk about it.

#18: Our society needs strong leaders. It doesn’t give ‘society’ “a personal nature or human characteristics”

Society does not have needs. Society is an abstraction. Human beings have needs. By giving society “needs,” through the use of my figurative language, I am personifying the idea of society.

Surely, ‘the world will not listen’ is a synecdoche’ and not personification?

THANKS MAN IT WAS A GREAT HELP

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50+ Engaging Personification Examples That Bring Writing To Life

This literary device adds meaning.

A brook running over rocks next to a rural path. Text reads: The babbling brook flowed alongside the path, skipping and jumping over the rocks.

Strong writers use literary devices like personification to make their writing more vivid and engaging. Learn the definition of personification, plus find lots of engaging personification examples to share with your students.

What is personification?

Personification is a literary device, a technique authors use to add meaning to their writing. Put simply, writers use personification when they give human characteristics to non-human animals or objects. In other words, an author describes a non-human object as doing something human.

Example: “The babbling brook meandered alongside the path, skipping and jumping over the rocks.”

In this example, the author doesn’t literally mean the brook babbles, meanders, skips, or jumps. Instead, they use these human activities to make the sounds and actions of the brook more clear to the reader.

Personification vs. Anthropomorphism

These two literary devices are sometimes confused, but they have different meanings. When an author uses anthropomorphism, they have a non-human character literally act in human ways, such as talking animals.

Personification example: My dog cried mournfully as I left, begging me not to leave him alone for the day.
Anthropomorphism example: “Don’t go,” sobbed Rex, tears running down his furry nose. “I can’t bear to be alone all day long!”

In the first example—personification—the dog displays human-like behavior but does not literally cry, beg, or speak. In the second—anthropomorphism—the dog does literally cry and talk. Anthropomorphism is common in children’s books and fairy tales, while personification can appear in any kind of writing, including nonfiction.

Importance of Personification

Writers use personification to bring life and meaning to their writing. By associating a description with something human and familiar, they make it easier for their reader to relate to it. When an author gives an object human characteristics, like a “screaming alarm clock” or a “murmuring breeze,” their writing becomes more engaging.

We’ve all had days where we feel like computers “hate” us, or our alarm clock is “scolding” us until we get out of bed. When authors use this type of personification, we can immediately understand the feelings and emotions they’re trying to convey. The setting and atmosphere become clearer, helping us understand human characters a little better.

General Personification Examples

Stormy waves breaking against a rocky shoreline. Text reads

The flowers danced in the breeze.
A soft breeze tickled her cheek.
That hot fudge sundae is really calling my name.
The sun smiled down on us as we picnicked in the park.
Time flies when you’re having fun.
The old stairs groaned with each step he took.
After a long day, my soft bed beckoned me with open arms.
Moonlight caressed the water’s surface, glinting on each tiny wave.
The storm raged ashore, destroying all that lie before it.
The mountains stood tall and proud, guarding the valley below.
The suspicious security cam followed her every move, determined to catch her in the act.
Hungry waves ate away at the shoreline.
After many false starts, the car’s engine finally coughed to life.
Dark clouds gathered in the sky, plotting their attack on the land below.
The typewriter keys jumped and jigged beneath his flying fingers.
The sweet aroma of freshly baked cookies wooed them all into the kitchen.
Dawn stretched itself across the landscape, embracing the dew-laden flowers.
Overhead, the leaves whispered softly in the wind.
Doubts attacked him left and right as he tried to make a decision.
The fog crept slowly over the ground, sneaking its way into every hollow.

Personification Examples From Literature

Old-fashioned windmill behind a hay field. Text reads

“There is something subversive about this garden of Serena’s. … It breathes, in the warmth, breathing itself in.” – The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
“A waft of wind came sweeping down the laurel-walk, and trembled through the boughs of the chestnut: it wandered away—away—to an indefinite distance—it died.” – Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
“All in vain; because Death, in approaching him, had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim.” – The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
“The ship danced over the waves, eager to return to Ithaca.” – The Odyssey by Homer
“The windmill loomed over the farm, its blades turning with a relentless determination …” – Animal Farm by George Orwell
“The fire’s fingers reached out, devouring the pages of the forbidden books.” – Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
“The moors sighed with the weight of the secrets they held, whispering tales of love and revenge.” – Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
“The sun persists in rising, so I make myself stand.” – The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
“Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon / Who is already sick and pale with grief …” – Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
“The Triwizard Cup is waiting. It is waiting for you.” – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

Personification Examples From Poetry

Fluffy clouds against a blue sky, over a golden plain. Text reads

“Because I could not stop for Death – / He kindly stopped for me – / The Carriage held but just Ourselves – / And Immortality.” – Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Emily Dickinson
“I wandered lonely as a cloud …” – Daffodils by William Wordsworth
“The moon was shining sulkily / Because she thought the sun / Had got no business to be there / After the day was done.” – The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Carroll
“Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, / Sighing, through all her works, gave signs of woe.” – Paradise Lost by John Milton
“The aspens at the cross-roads talk together / Of rain …” – Aspens by Edward Thomas
“And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain / Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before.” – The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
“The troubled sky reveals / The grief it feels.” – Snow-Flakes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Eight balloons no one was buyin’ / All broke loose one afternoon. / Eight balloons with strings a-flyin’, / Free to do what they wanted to.” – Eight Balloons by Shel Silverstein
“The little white clouds are racing over the sky …” – Magdalen Walks by Oscar Wilde
“The fog comes / on little cat feet. / It sits looking / over harbor and city / on silent haunches / and then moves on.” – Fog by Carl Sandburg

Song Lyrics Personification Examples

New York City skyline at night. Text reads

“You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes.” – Thriller by Michael Jackson
“And so today, my world it smiles.” – Thank You by Led Zeppelin
“I want to wake up in a city / That doesn’t sleep.” – New York, New York by John Kander and Fred Ebb
“Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go.” – Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) by Green Day
“They reach into your room, oh, just feel their gentle touch. / When all hope is gone, sad songs say so much.” – Sad Songs by Elton John
“The highway don’t care if you’re all alone.” – Highway Don’t Care by Tim McGraw
“And the saddest fear comes creeping in …” – I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift
“The high yellow moon won’t come out to play.” – Concrete Jungle by Bob Marley
“A shining new era is tiptoeing nearer …” – Be Prepared from The Lion King
“Here comes the sun.” – Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles

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In addition to gods, writers use anthropomorphism to create animals that display human traits or likenesses such as wearing clothes or speaking. There are several examples of this literary device in popular culture and literature. For example, Mickey Mouse is a character that illustrates anthropomorphism in that he wears clothes and talks like a human, though he is technically an animal. Other such examples are Winnie the Pooh, Paddington Bear, and Thomas the Tank Engine.

Writing Personification

Demonstrate creativity.

Personification demonstrates a high level of creativity. To be valuable as a figure of speech, the human attributes assigned to a nonhuman thing through personification must make sense in some way. In other words, human characteristics can’t just be assigned to any inanimate object as a literary device. There must be some connection between them that resonates with the reader, demanding creativity on the part of the writer to find that connection and develop successful personification.

Exercise Poetic Skill

Create humor, enhance imagination.

Overall, personification is a literary device that allows readers to enhance their imagination by “believing” that something inanimate or nonhuman can behave, think, or feel as a human. In fact, people tend to personify things in their daily lives by assigning human behavior or feelings to pets and even objects. For example, a child may assign emotions to a favorite stuffed animal to match their own feelings. In addition, a cat owner may pretend their pet is speaking to them and answer back. This allows writers and readers to see a reflection of humanity through imagination. Readers may also develop a deeper understanding of human behavior and emotion.

Examples of Personification in Literature

Example #1: the house on mango street (sandra cisneros).

But the house on Mango Street is not the way they told it at all. It’s small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you’d think they were holding their breath.

Cisneros uses personification to emphasize the restrictive circumstances of Esperanza’s family. To Esperanza, the windows of the house appear to be “holding their breath” due to their small size, creating an image of suffocation. This personification not only enhances the description of the house on Mango Street for the reader, but it also reflects Esperanza’s feelings about the house, her family, and her life. Like the windows, Esperanza is holding her breath as well, with the hope of a better future and the fear of her dreams not becoming reality.

Example #2: Ex-Basketball Player (John Updike)

Off work, he hangs around Mae’s Luncheonette. Grease-gray and kind of coiled, he plays pinball, Smokes those thin cigars, nurses lemon phosphates. Flick seldom says a word to Mae, just nods Beyond her face toward bright applauding tiers Of Necco Wafers, Nibs, and Juju Beads.

In his poem about a former basketball player named Flick, Updike recreates an arena crowd watching Flick play pinball by personifying the candy boxes in the luncheonette. The snack containers “applaud” Flick as he spends his free time playing a game that is isolating and requires no athletic skill. However, the personification in Updike’s poem is a reflection of how Flick’s life has changed since he played and set records for his basketball team in high school.

Example #3: How Cruel Is the Story of Eve (Stevie Smith)

It is only a legend , You say? But what Is the meaning of the legend If not To give blame to women most And most punishment? This is the meaning of a legend that colours All human thought; it is not found among animals. How cruel is the story of Eve, What responsibility it has In history For misery.

In her poem, Smith personifies the story of Eve as it is relayed in the first book of the Bible, Genesis . Smith attributes several human characteristics to this story, such as cruelty and responsibility. Therefore, this enhances the deeper meaning of the poem which is that Eve is not to blame for her actions, essentially leading to the “fall” of man and expulsion from Paradise In addition, she is not to blame for the subjugation and inequality that women have faced throughout history and tracing back to Eve.

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Personification Definition

What is personification? Here’s a quick and simple definition:

Personification is a type of figurative language in which non-human things are described as having human attributes, as in the sentence, "The rain poured down on the wedding guests, indifferent to their plans." Describing the rain as "indifferent" is an example of personification, because rain can't be "indifferent," nor can it feel any other human emotion. However, saying that the rain feels indifferent poetically emphasizes the cruel timing of the rain. Personification can help writers to create more vivid descriptions, to make readers see the world in new ways, and to more powerfully capture the human experience of the world (since people really do often interpret the non-human entities of the world as having human traits).

Some additional key details about personification:

Personification isn't exclusive to the use of human attributes to describe non-human things. If a writer describes a non-human thing as performing a human action, the writer is personifying that thing. The sentence, "The rain mocked the wedding guests' plans," qualifies as personification just as much as the sentence, "The rain was indifferent," does.
The word "personification" has another, separate meaning from its function as a literary device. The word can also be used to indicate that someone embodies a certain quality or concept. For instance, some people think that the Queen of England is the personification— or the embodiment—of civility. However, this guide focuses only on personification as a literary device.

Personification Pronunciation

Here's how to pronounce personification: per- sahn -if-ick-ay-shun

Personification Explained

Personification is a powerful and widely-used literary tool for several reasons. One reason is that it allows readers to develop a greater sense of relation to and identification with non-human entities. Attributing a human emotion to something inanimate—as in the sentence about "indifferent rain"—can make that thing easier to understand and more vivid in the reader's imagination, while at the same time presenting a significantly more complex description than is possible with the use of traditional adjectives like "wet" or "gray".

Personifying a Non-Human Thing as a Complete Person

Personification typically involves bestowing a single human quality upon a non-human thing. For instance:

The rain was indifferent to their plans.
The waves winked in the sunlight.
The wind played hide-and-go-seek among the trees.

However, sometimes personification involves referring to a non-human thing as a complete person with many human qualities. Consider the way in which old-fashioned ship captains referred to their vessels as "she," or the way in which Kanye West refers to his beloved city of Chicago as a girl named "Windy." (Scroll down to "Personification in Music" for an analysis of those lyrics.) Both cases count as personification—Kanye asks us to momentarily re-imagine something nonhuman (Chicago) as human, because that way we'll be able to understand that the city has a personality and a soul that make him feel connected to it just as he would feel connected to a romantic partner. Similarly, it was common for sea captains back in the day to casually refer to their ships as "she" in order to convey that they felt as much respect, gratitude, and responsibility for the ships as they would towards a woman they loved.

Personification vs. Anthropomorphism

Personification is the attribution of human characteristics to a non-human entity for the purpose of creating figurative language and imagery . Anthropomorphism , by contrast, is the literal attribution of human characteristics to animals and other non-human things, often for the purpose of creating a specific type of character: a non-human being that behaves like a human. Winnie the Pooh, the Little Engine that Could, and Simba from the movie The Lion King are all examples of anthropomorphism. The human qualities assigned to these characters are not just figurative ways of describing them, as they are in personification. Rather, in anthropomorphism the non-human entities actually do human things like talking, falling in love, wiggling their eyebrows, and generally behaving like people behave.

Winnie the Pooh, the Little Engine that Could, and Simba from The Lion King are not examples of personification. When we use personification, we don't create characters, but instead simply describe non-human things as possessing human characteristics, like in the sentence, "The wind played hide-and-go-seek among the trees." In this case, the wind didn't actually grow arms, legs, and a mouth to count down from twenty. That would be anthropomorphism. Instead, the wind looks and behaves as wind normally does, but through the power of personification the reader can now imagine the wind's movement in a completely new way, because he or she can now compare that movement to the familiar but different movement of playing hide-and-go-seek.

Personification Examples

Examples of personification in literature.

Writers use personification to create startling or whimsical visual images, which help to make the world of a book or poem all the more vivid in a reader's imagination. Often, authors use personification to describe the hidden lives of objects as a way of calling the reader's attention to the underlying mood, conflicts, or themes of the novel—of which even the characters themselves may not be fully aware.

Personification in Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse

To the Lighthouse takes place in a summer house on the Isle of Skye, off the coast of Scotland. Part 1 of the book describes an eventful summer that the family spends in the house, while Part 2, "Time Passes," describes the passage of the seasons when the family is away from the house. In this example from Part 2, Chapter 2, Woolf describes the summer house in the family's absence:

Nothing stirred in the drawing-room or in the dining-room or on the staircase. Only through the rusty hinges and swollen sea-moistened woodwork certain airs, detached from the body of the wind (the house was ramshackle after all) crept round corners and ventured indoors. Almost one might imagine them, as they entered the drawing-room questioning and wondering, toying with the flap of hanging wall-paper, asking, would it hang much longer, when would it fall? Then smoothly brushing the walls, they passed on musingly as if asking the red and yellow roses on the wall-paper whether they would fade, and questioning (gently, for there was time at their disposal) the torn letters in the waste-paper basket, the flowers, the books, all of which were now open to them and asking, Were they allies? Were they enemies? How long would they endure?

In this passage, Woolf personifies the wind by describing it as though it were a person who, "questioning and wondering," ventures through rooms and creeps around corners, inspecting the family's possessions and "toying with" them. Woolf could easily have written a more straightforward description of the house and the items within it. However, through the use of personification she allows the reader to identify with the wind, and in doing so to discover or "venture into" the empty house as the wind does here, "musingly" and curiously.

Personification in Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea is the story of an unlucky fisherman named Santiago. Santiago has been unable to catch a fish for 84 days, but on the 85th day catches the biggest marlin he has ever seen. Then, on the 86th day, he catches a dolphin (a type of fish; not the ocean mammal) for dinner:

Just before it was dark, as they passed a great island of Sargasso weed that heaved and swung in the light sea as though the ocean were making love with something under a yellow blanket, his small line was taken by a dolphin.

Hemingway's personification of the ocean as "making love" both captures the rolling nature of the waves and also speaks to the fact that, after his change of luck, Santiago once again sees the ocean as a "partner" full of vitality and teeming with life.

Personification in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

In the following passage from Act 2, Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet , Romeo sneaks into Juliet's garden and catches a glimpse of her on her balcony:

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she. Be not her maid, since she is envious; Her vestal livery is but sick and green And none but fools do wear it; cast it off.

Romeo compares Juliet to the sun, and describes the moon as being envious of Juliet's beauty. Romeo's description of the moon as being female—in addition to its having feelings of envy, sickness, and grief—is an example of personification. When he pleads with Juliet, "Be not her maid," he's not only referring to the "jealous moon"—he's also making subtle reference to Diana, the goddess of the moon and virginity (whose devotees wore green). Thus, personifying the moon allows Romeo not only to express his wonder at Juliet's "celestial" beauty, but also to communicate his hope that Juliet isn't too chaste to get involved him.

Personification in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

In Chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter , Hawthorne describes a wild rose bush that grows in front of Salem's gloomy wooden jail:

But, on one side of the portal, and rooted almost at the threshold, was a wild rose-bush, covered, in this month of June, with its delicate gems, which might be imagined to offer their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner as he went in, and to the condemned criminal as he came forth to his doom, in token that the deep heart of Nature could pity and be kind to him.

In the context of the novel's setting in 17th century Boston, this rose bush, which grows wild in front of an establishment dedicated to enforcing harsh puritan values, symbolizes those elements of human nature that cannot be repressed, no matter how strict a community's moral code may be: desire, fertility, and a love of beauty. By personifying the rosebush as "offering" its blossoms to reflect Nature's pity (Nature is also personified here as having a "heart"), Hawthorne turns the passive coincidence of the rosebush's location into an image of human nature actively resisting its constraints.

Examples of Personification in Music

Musicians often use personification in their lyrics for the same type of poetic effect that the technique can have in a literary context. However, the musicians who wrote the following songs don’t just give non-human entities human attributes, but actually describe the entities as complete people. This more comprehensive, figurative transformation of a thing—in the case of the following examples, a city or a drug—into a person allows the musicians to partially hide the true identity of what the song describes. In some cases, the musician may want to hide the meaning in order to play with language and with the listener’s expectations. In others, the musician may do so in order to share an experience that isn’t appropriate for a general audience.

Personification in Kanye West's "Homecoming"

"Homecoming" ( Graduation, 2007) is Kanye's ode to his hometown of Chicago, where he moved at the age of three. Instead of praising Chicago directly, West personifies the city by singing about it as though it were a girl named "Windy"—a reference to Chicago's nickname, "The Windy City":

I met this girl when I was 3 years old And what I loved most, she had so much soul She said, "Excuse me, lil homie, I know you don't know me But my name is Windy and I like to blow trees"... And when I grew up, she showed me how to go downtown In the nighttime her face lit up, so astoundin' I told her in my heart is where she'll always be She never messed with entertainers cause they always leave She said, "It felt like they walked and drop on me"

Through the use of personification, Kanye creates an enjoyable experience of discovery for the listener, who may in fact believe that the song is about a real girl named Windy until he or she listens more closely to the lyrics. In this case, the use of personification adds a whole new dimension to the song.

Personification in The Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"

Though there is some debate as to the lyrics’ true meaning, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” ( Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967) is widely perceived as a coded reference to LSD: a psychedelic drug that The Beatles experimented with around the time they wrote this song. Assuming that “ L ucy in the S ky with D iamonds” does in fact refer to LSD, it’s an excellent example of personification:

Picture yourself in a boat on a river With tangerine trees and marmalade skies Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly A girl with kaleidoscope eyes Cellophane flowers of yellow and green Towering over your head Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes And she's gone Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Ahhh

Personification allows the Beatles to describe their LSD-induced hallucinations—which, they asserted openly, were important to their creative process—in a veiled way, so that only listeners who were clued into that particular drug culture could detect the reference.

Why Do Writers Use Personification?

Writers use personification to create memorable images with language, allowing readers to experience works of literature more vividly. Depending on the text, however, a writer may have a more specific purpose for using personification. Consider Bluets, by Maggie Nelson, a book made up of short, numbered vignettes in which the author conducts a poetic form of "field research" on her love for the color blue. In the following lines, Nelson wonders if the color blue can help her combat feelings of loss after a recent break-up:

71. I have been trying, for some time now, to find dignity in my loneliness. I have been finding this hard to do. 72. It is easier, of course, to find dignity in one's solitude. Loneliness is solitude with a problem. Can blue solve the problem, or can it at least keep me company within it? —No, not exactly. It cannot love me that way; it has no arms. But sometimes I do feel its presence to be a sort of wink— Here you are again, it says, and so am I.

Here, Nelson uses the technique of literary personification to accomplish something she wishes she could do in real life: replace her love for her former partner with her love for the color blue. She acknowledges that a reciprocal love between herself and blue is impossible in reality—"blue" is incapable of "keeping [her] company" because "it has no arms," or isn't human. However, immediately after this acknowledgement she personifies blue, writing that she sometimes feels its presence as a "wink" of acknowledgement. Thus, Nelson uses literary personification to make blue acknowledge her in her writing, as in reality only another lover or person can.

Other Helpful Personification Resources

The Wikipedia Page on Personification: A straightforward explanation with examples.
The Dictionary Definition of Personification: A basic definition and history of the term. The word personification was first used in the mid 1700s.
An entertaining video collage about the difference between anthropomorphism and personification.
A recording of the Beatles rehearsing "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds."

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TITANIA: No night is now with hymn or carol blessed. Therefore the moon, the governess of floods, Pale in her anger, washes all the air, That rheumatic diseases do abound.

( A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare)

Her heart was divided between concern for her sister, and resentment against all the others.

Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun, And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.

(“Mending Wall” by Robert Frost)

The Western States nervous under the beginning change. Texas and Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas, New Mexico, Arizona, California. A single family moved from the land. Pa borrowed money from the bank, and now the bank wants the land. The land company–that’s the bank when it has land –wants tractors, not families on the land. Is a tractor bad? Is the power that turns the long furrows wrong? If this tractor were ours it would be good–not mine, but ours. If our tractor turned the long furrows of our land, it would be good. Not my land, but ours. We could love that tractor then as we have loved this land when it was ours. But the tractor does two things–it turns the land and turns us off the land. There is little difference between this tractor and a tank. The people are driven, intimidated, hurt by both. We must think about this.

( The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck)

When death comes like the hungry bear in autumn; when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse to buy me, and snaps the purse shut… I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering: what is it going to be like, that cottage of darkness?

Mary Oliver’s poem “When Death Comes” uses several different ways to describe death. She begins here with the image of death as a hungry bear. Then Oliver gives death the human characteristics of having money and wanting to make a purchase, thereby personifying it. Thus death is full of desire in this poem. Oliver uses this concept to contrast her own desire to live her life as fully as possible before death comes for her.

But, on one side of the portal, and rooted almost at the threshold, was a wild rose-bush, covered, in this month of June, with its delicate gems, which might be imagined to offer their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner as he went in, and to the condemned criminal as he came forth to his doom, in token that the deep heart of Nature could pity and be kind to him.

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So, what is personification anyway? Recognizing personification and explaining it are two different things. In this worksheet your student will analyze the use of this literary device in a variety of sentences. It’s appropriate for practicing 6th grade Common Core Standards for Language, although it may be useful for other grades. If you or your student need more help with personification before completing this activity, check out these helpful references: What is the definition of personification? and A list of personification examples .

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How To Teach Personification

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Last updated December 15, 2023

Understanding personification in literature and using it correctly can be a challenge for young students. However, with the right resources and strategies, teaching personification to children can be simple! This article will cover creative tips for introducing and engaging kids with personification concepts.

We’ll discuss how to effectively illustrate the topic using examples from classic literature and modern popular culture references. With these ideas in mind, you’re sure to find success while helping your students grasp this essential literary element!

Related : For more, check out our article on How To Use Speech Marks Correctly here.

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What Is Personification And Why Is It Important To Teach Children About It

Personification is a figure of speech where inanimate objects, animals, or ideas are given human qualities or characteristics. This literary device can provide readers with an entirely new perspective on familiar topics and help them consider them with more detail or complexity.

It is, therefore, an essential tool to teach children to introduce them to creative thinking and encourage excellent descriptive writing. Personification is also helpful because it makes abstract ideas more accessible by providing a visual representation that children may have difficulty understanding otherwise.

Personification allows us to connect familiar concepts excitingly, inspiring imaginations and sparking conversation by making simple connections between human qualities and non-human objects.

Using Examples to Illustrate Personification

To make this concept come to life, providing your students with real-world examples of personification can be beneficial. Point out to them that the characters in favourite stories often exhibit personification traits; for instance, does a character speak or act like a natural person?

Some animated films are also great for teaching about this literary device; for example, many Disney movie characters are animated objects that come alive through personification.

Bring eyes to life by having your students create their personifications—either from scratch or by basing them off classic works such as Aesop’s Fables—to illustrate what they’ve learned. By putting your students in charge of creating their examples, they will better understand and appreciate personification.

Activities To Introduce Personification To Kids

Introducing children to personification can be a fun and rewarding activity. Kids can learn about giving human qualities to inanimate objects, animals, and concepts through imaginative exercises and engaging stories.

Teachers can introduce children to personification by reading stories that feature personified characters, acting out scenes for them, and having them create their own stories with displayed characters. These activities give children an understanding of personification and help foster a love for reading, writing, and storytelling.

Tips for Making Learning About Personification Fun

By making personification fun, kids will be more receptive to the concepts being taught and more easily remember what they’re learning for later use. One fun way to teach about personification is by creating stories with your students involving all the significant elements: characters, setting, plot, etc., and then selecting keywords or phrases from the story to personify.

You could also use songs or movies to identify examples of personification in literature or media. Additionally, turning classic works of literature into skits and having your students put their spin on them by incorporating personification can be incredibly rewarding for both you and your students.

Personification doesn’t have to be complex or tedious; by making it fun and engaging, you can transform a complex topic or seemingly mundane piece of literature into a fascinating learning experience.

Common Mistakes When Teaching Personification

Teaching personification to children can sometimes feel daunting, but it is achievable with effective communication and creative guidance. Common mistakes include needing to fully explain what personification is and being too lenient in how one understands the use of figurative language.

Another mistake is to provide more examples to demonstrate the concept. To avoid these pitfalls, explain personification, allowing time for practice inside and outside the classroom. Additionally, provide measures your students can relate to and encourage their use for poetic purposes. With these steps in place, you will be well on your way to success when teaching children about personification.

Personification is a great way to engage children and help them learn basic writing skills. It encourages creative thinking and allows them to look at the world from a different perspective. Teaching this concept can be exciting and even fun with the right approach! By following these guidelines, you will be well on your way to introducing personification in a thorough, fun and effective manner.

Don’t forget to include activities that will make learning engaging, provide lots of examples and remember to have patience, as mistakes will inevitably happen. With practice and dedication, you can become an expert in teaching personification to children!

Personification Examples

Here are 20 sentences showing personification:

The wind whispered secrets through the trees.
The sun smiled down on the children playing in the park.
The flowers danced in the breeze.
The moonlight painted a silver path on the water.
The car engine roared to life.
The waves crashed angrily against the shore.
The leaves rustled their approval as we walked by.
Time flies when you’re having fun.
Fear gripped her heart like a cold hand.
Hope is a light that guides us through dark times.
The storm clouds loomed menacingly overhead.
Laughter bubbled up from within her like a fountain of joy.
Love is a rose with thorns that can wound but also heal.
The city streets were alive with the sound of traffic and people rushing about like ants.
Loneliness crept into his heart like a thief in the night.
Despair hung heavy over her like a dark cloud she couldn’t shake off.
Her words were music to my ears, soothing and sweet like honey on my lips.
Time marched relentlessly, never stopping for anyone or anything in its path.
Curiosity burned inside her like a flame, driving her to explore and discover new things around every corner.
The river ran swiftly, eager to reach its destination.

Personification Resources

TeachStarter – This website overviews personification and how it can be used in writing. It also includes examples and teaching resources for using personification effectively in the classroom. Link: https://www.teachstarter.com/gb/blog/what-is-personification-in-literature-definition-examples-and-teaching-resources/
PoetryFoundation.org – This website has an informative article on personification that explains what it is and how it works in poetry and provides examples of different types of personification. There are also exercises that students can do to practice identifying and using personification correctly. Link: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/personification
K12Reader.com – This website offers various worksheets on personification, including activities and games to help children learn about them in a fun way. There are also helpful teaching guides for educators who want to incorporate personification into their lessons. Link: https://www.k12reader.com/term/personification/
LiteraryDevices.net – This website offers an extensive personification guide covering everything from basic definitions to advanced usage rules for more complex sentences. The guide includes examples and quizzes to test your understanding of the topic and tips for avoiding common mistakes when using personification in your writing. Link: https://literarydevices.net/personification/
ReadWriteThink.org – This website offers lesson plans and resources for teachers looking to teach their students about personification in a creative way through poetry writing or other literary devices such as metaphors or similes. There are ideas for incorporating drama, art, and other subjects into lessons on grammar and punctuation, as well as printable worksheets and activities for students to complete independently or as part of group work. Link: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/making-metaphor-personifying-poem-797.html

Q: What is personification?

A: Personification is a literary device that gives human qualities to non-human things or abstract ideas. It’sIt’s a way of making writing more exciting and engaging by creating vivid images in the reader’sreader’s mind.

Q: Why is personification important?

A: Personification can help writers create more memorable and impactful descriptions and add depth and meaning to their writing. It can also make complex concepts easier to understand by giving them relatable human qualities.

Q: How do you use personification effectively?

A: To use personification effectively, it’s essential to choose the proper object or idea to personify and then use descriptive language that brings it to life. The best personifications are surprising and creative and evoke strong emotions in the reader.

Q: Can you give some examples of practical personification?

A: Sure! Here are some examples: “”The wind whispered secrets through the trees.”” “”The sun smiled down on us from a clear blue sky.”” “”Fear gripped her heart like a cold hand.”” “”The city streets were alive with the sound of traffic and people rushing about like ants.””

Q: Is there such a thing as using too much personification?

A: Yes, overusing personification can make writing seem forced or unrealistic. It’sIt’s crucial to balance using enough description to create vivid images without going overboard.

Q: What are some other literary devices that work well with personification?

A: Similes and metaphors often work well with personification because they also involve comparing one thing to another to create meaning. Alliteration (repeating sounds at the beginning of words) can also be used effectively with personification.

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Welcome to the enchanting realm of personification, customized for Grade 6 students! As young minds continue their literary journey, the power of personification takes center stage, offering a captivating way to breathe life into words. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore intriguing personification examples that bridge the gap between reality and imagination. From learning how to craft vivid personifications to valuable tips for mastering this literary device, your Grade 6 students are about to embark on a creative adventure like no other.

What is Personification for 6th Grade? – Definition

In the captivating world of language arts, personification is a literary device that beckons 6th graders to infuse life into the inanimate. It’s the art of attributing human characteristics, emotions, or actions to non-human entities, painting a vivid canvas of imagination. As pre-teens delve deeper into their literary explorations, personification becomes a powerful tool to elevate their writing, weaving a tapestry of words that resonates with readers’ hearts and minds.

What Is the Best Personification Example for Grade 6?

Amidst a myriad of captivating personifications, one that stands out is: “The wind whispered secrets through the rustling leaves.” This example not only personifies the wind, granting it the ability to whisper, but also bestows the leaves with the capacity to hear and share secrets. It beautifully merges the elements of nature with human qualities, crafting an evocative image that ignites the reader’s imagination and emotion, making it a perfect choice for Grade 6 minds to marvel at.

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Discover an array of Grade 6 personification examples that transport words beyond their literal meanings. These vivid depictions infuse life into language, captivating young minds and fostering creative expression. From playful to profound, these personifications ignite imaginations and empower pre-teens to craft dynamic narratives.

The rain tapped at the window, eager for attention.
The stars danced in the moonlit sky, celebrating the night.
The flowers nodded their heads, greeting the morning sun.
The alarm clock screamed at me to wake up.
The river whispered secrets to the stones.
The shadows played hide and seek among the trees.
The car engine roared to life, ready for the journey.
The books on the shelf chatted away in hushed tones.
The thunder growled its displeasure across the sky.
The computer screen blinked with digital eyes.
The pen leapt onto the paper, eager to tell its story.
The darkness embraced the world in a silent hug.
The waves crashed on the shore, singing a lullaby.
The stars painted a sparkling masterpiece in the night.
The leaves whispered secrets to each other on the breeze.
The snowflakes danced their way to the ground.
The guitar strings hummed melodies of the heart.
The sun kissed the earth with its warm embrace.
The door creaked open, inviting me into the unknown.
The moon smiled down on the sleeping world.
The mountain stood tall, a silent sentinel.
The teardrops fell like rain from her eyes.
The fire crackled and popped, sharing stories of warmth.
The spider’s web was a delicate work of art.
The time raced by, leaving memories in its wake.
The wind sang songs through the rustling leaves.
The old house groaned with the weight of memories.
The waves whispered secrets to the shore.
The car tires kissed the asphalt as they sped away.
The rainbow arched across the sky, a bridge of colors.
The city lights twinkled like a thousand stars.
The mountains beckoned with their majestic arms.
The camera captured moments, freezing them in time.
The river meandered through the valley, telling stories of its journey.
The clouds drifted lazily across the blue canvas of the sky.
The book’s pages turned themselves, eager to be read.
The moonlight painted silver patterns on the water.
The old tree’s branches reached out like welcoming arms.
The silence of the night whispered secrets to those who listened.
The ocean waves roared their applause for the setting sun.
The streetlights guided the way like friendly fireflies.
The birds’ songs filled the air with melodies of joy.
The wind’s fingers brushed against my skin, a gentle caress.
The sky wept tears of rain, cleansing the earth below.
The sun’s rays reached out, touching everything with warmth.
The backpack slumped against the wall, tired from the day.
The stars winked in the night sky, sharing their ancient stories.
The snow blankets covered the world in a soft embrace.
The road stretched out ahead, a path to adventure.
The moonbeams painted silver pathways on the water’s surface.
The city’s heartbeat pulsed through the bustling streets.
The clouds gathered like a group of old friends, sharing stories.
The fireflies danced in the darkness, their tiny lights flickering.
The waves whispered secrets to the seashells on the shore.
The tree branches embraced the wind, swaying in rhythm.
The raindrops tapped on the roof, a soothing lullaby.
The stars blinked in the night sky, winking at the world below.
The river’s laughter echoed through the valley, a joyful sound.
The wind’s breath rustled the leaves, a gentle sigh.
The shadows danced on the walls, creating their own story.
The mountains stood tall and proud, guardians of the land.
The sun dipped below the horizon, painting the sky in hues of orange and pink.
The waves crashed on the rocks, their voices echoing in the salty breeze.
The flowers nodded in agreement as the wind shared its secrets.
The moon’s glow illuminated the night, casting shadows in its gentle light.
The clouds floated across the sky like fluffy cotton candy.
The trees whispered to each other, sharing tales of the forest.
The river flowed like a silver ribbon, winding its way through the landscape.
The stars glistened like diamonds in the velvet sky.
The sun peeked over the horizon, casting a golden glow on the world.
The waves embraced the shore, their frothy kisses leaving traces of salt.
The flowers stretched towards the sun, reaching for its warm embrace.
The leaves rustled in the wind, creating a symphony of nature’s music.
The moon’s reflection danced on the surface of the water, a shimmering ballet.
The clouds gathered in a congregation, sharing stories of the sky.
The trees stood like ancient sentinels, guarding the secrets of the forest.
The river’s current whispered tales of distant lands and adventures.
The stars shimmered in the night sky, like distant lanterns guiding the way.
The sun’s rays painted the sky in shades of pink and orange, a masterpiece in the making.
The waves serenaded the shore, their melodies soothing the soul.
The flowers nodded in agreement with the wind’s gentle whispers.
The moon bathed the world in its silvery glow, a soft blanket of light.
The clouds drifted lazily across the sky, like cotton candy on a summer day.
The trees swayed in the breeze, their branches dancing to nature’s rhythm.
The river flowed with purpose, carving its path through the landscape.
The stars blinked in the night sky, as if sharing secrets with each other.
The sun’s warmth embraced the earth, bringing life to all it touched.
The waves crashed on the shore, a symphony of sound and motion.
The flowers turned their faces towards the sun, basking in its golden rays.
The leaves rustled in the wind, like nature’s own melody.
The moon’s glow illuminated the darkness, casting a silver sheen on everything.
The clouds painted the sky in shades of pink and orange, a breathtaking masterpiece.
The trees whispered to each other, their leaves creating a gentle rustling.
The river’s song echoed through the valley, a soothing melody for the soul.
The stars twinkled in the night sky, like diamonds scattered on velvet.
The sun’s rays kissed the earth, bringing warmth and life to all.
The waves danced along the shore, their movements a graceful ballet.
The flowers swayed in the breeze, as if dancing to a silent tune.
The leaves whispered secrets to each other, their voices carried by the wind.
The moon hung in the sky like a silver lantern, casting a soft glow on the world.

Personification Examples for Grade 6 with Answers

Explore engaging personification examples for Grade 6, complete with answers that breathe life into everyday objects. These examples not only spark creativity but also deepen understanding of this literary device, making language arts a delightful journey.

The homework shouted from the backpack, demanding attention.
The classroom walls listened intently to the students’ stories.
The clock on the wall whispered the minutes as they passed.
The computer screen blinked impatiently, waiting for a command.
The chalk on the board danced across the surface, leaving marks of knowledge.
The math problems begged for a solution, their answers hidden within.
The calculator’s buttons pressed back with resistance, revealing their secrets.
The ruler stretched eagerly to measure, proud of its precise increments.
The graph paper held the plotted points like a map of mathematical adventures.
The equations on the page conversed, collaborating to unveil their truths.

Math Personification Examples for Grade 6

Immerse Grade 6 learners in the world of math with personification examples that transform numbers and concepts into relatable characters. These imaginative examples turn equations into stories, making math a captivating adventure.

The numbers in the equation huddled together, trying to solve the puzzle.
The fraction pleaded with the whole number to include it in the sum.
The graph’s lines raced each other to reach the highest point.
The square root tiptoed through the problem, searching for its solution.
The geometry shapes formed a harmonious dance on the page.
The multiplication sign stood tall, ready to bring numbers together.
The addition symbol linked arms with the numbers, joining them in unity.
The division symbol acted as a bridge, sharing its value between numbers.
The minus sign stepped aside, letting numbers find their difference.
The equal sign stood firm, ensuring balance between both sides of the equation.

Personification Examples for Grade 6 in Literature

Literature with personification examples that illuminate how writers bring characters, settings, and emotions to life. These literary personifications unravel the magic behind storytelling.

The pages of the book whispered their secrets to the curious reader.
The metaphors and similes held hands, dancing across the poem’s lines.
The protagonist’s emotions leaped off the page, engaging the reader’s heart.
The plot’s twists and turns beckoned readers to follow their path.
The setting came alive, enveloping readers in its vivid descriptions.
The climax of the story raised its voice, demanding attention.
The characters spoke through the dialogue, revealing their personalities.
The suspense in the narrative gripped readers like an invisible hand.
The theme of the story tiptoed beneath the surface, waiting to be discovered.
The words in the book formed a symphony, playing on the reader’s imagination.

Personification Examples for Grade 6 in Poems

Immerse Grade 6 poets in the art of personification with these poetic examples . Watch as ordinary elements of nature transform into lyrical characters, enhancing the beauty of words and verses.

The raindrops tap-danced on the rooftop, composing a rhythmic melody.
The wind whispered sonnets through the swaying branches.
The sun painted the sky with colors, creating a canvas of wonder.
The moon’s embrace soothed the world, casting a silvery lullaby.
The stars winked at each other, sharing secrets of the night.
The river sang a ballad as it flowed, telling tales of its journey.
The clouds gathered like storytellers, shaping narratives across the sky.
The flowers conversed with the bees, exchanging stories of pollination.
The mountains stood tall, guarding ancient legends within their peaks.
The ocean waves roared their tales, echoing adventures of the sea.

Non Human Personification Examples for Grade 6

Embark on a journey where nature, elements, and objects come alive with human qualities. These personification examples for Grade 6 showcase the enchanting fusion of the real and the imaginative.

The mountain stood proud, its peak touching the sky with confidence.
The ocean’s waves greeted the shore with playful enthusiasm.
The shadows danced on the wall, creating stories of their own.
The fire crackled and whispered tales of warmth and comfort.
The city lights twinkled like a thousand stars, guiding the way.
The rain tapped on the windows, a gentle reminder of nature’s presence.
The trees whispered secrets to the wind, sharing their ancient wisdom.
The stars blinked in the night sky, as if sharing laughter with the universe.
The moon watched over the world, a silent guardian of the night.
The rocks in the riverbed whispered the secrets of flowing water.

What is the Personification Figure of Speech for Grade 6?

Personification, a captivating figure of speech in grade 6 language arts, breathes life into language. It imbues non-human entities with human qualities, transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. Dive into the world of literary magic as we explore how personification enriches communication and sparks imagination.

How to Write a Personification for Grade 6?

Personification, a literary device that brings inanimate objects to life, is a remarkable tool for Grade 6 students to enhance their writing skills and create vivid imagery. Whether crafting stories, poems, or descriptive essays, mastering the art of personification can elevate their compositions to new heights. Here’s a comprehensive guide on how to effectively write personification for Grade 6:

1. Choose Your Subject: Begin by selecting an object, concept, or natural element to personify. It could be as simple as the sun, the wind, a book, or even an emotion like happiness.

2. Identify Qualities: Brainstorm a list of human qualities or characteristics that can be attributed to your chosen subject. Think about emotions, actions, and behaviors that would make the subject relatable.

3. Create a Scene: Imagine a scenario or a scene where your personified subject interacts with the world. This interaction is the heart of your personification and will bring your writing to life.

4. Craft Language: Use descriptive and vivid language to convey the interaction between the personified subject and the world around it. Paint a clear picture in the reader’s mind through carefully chosen words.

5. Evoke Emotion: Personification is not just about giving human traits; it’s also about evoking emotions. Describe how your personified subject feels, reacts, or influences the environment emotionally.

6. Polishing and Revising: After writing the initial draft, revise your work for clarity, coherence, and impactful language. Ensure that the personification aligns with the overall tone and message of your writing.

7. Read Aloud: Read your personification aloud to yourself or others. Pay attention to how it sounds, its rhythm, and the imagery it creates. Adjust any awkward phrases or sentences.

8. Practice and Experimentation: Like any skill, writing personification improves with practice. Experiment with different subjects, scenarios, and emotions to expand your creative horizons.

9. Observing the Real World: Become an astute observer of the world around you. Notice how nature, objects, and even emotions seem to take on human characteristics in certain situations.

10. Learn from Literature: Read books, poems, and stories that use personification effectively. Analyze how authors weave this literary device into their narratives to enhance the reader’s experience.

11. Balancing Similes and Metaphors: While personification involves giving human traits, don’t forget to use similes and metaphors to create comparisons that enrich the imagery further.

12. Embrace Emotion and Imagination: Don’t hesitate to explore emotions deeply and let your imagination run wild. Personification offers a unique opportunity to convey emotions through unexpected channels.

13. Capture the Reader’s Imagination: Personification captures readers’ attention by offering a fresh perspective on familiar things. Engage your audience by tapping into their senses and emotions.

As Grade 6 students embark on their writing journeys, mastering personification empowers them to create captivating and evocative pieces that resonate with readers. Through practice, observation, and a touch of imagination, they’ll bring life to the world around them and craft narratives that leave a lasting impact.

Tips to Writing a Personification for Grade 6

Start Simple: Begin with everyday objects to grasp the concept.
Use Sensory Details: Appeal to senses for a rich, immersive experience.
Be Creative: Transform abstract concepts into relatable characters.
Practice Observation: Notice how things behave in the real world.
Focus on Emotion: Personification evokes emotions, so explore feelings.
Play with Language: Experiment with metaphors and similes to enhance impact.
Read Widely: Observe personification in literature for inspiration.
Revise for Clarity: Ensure readers can visualize the interaction.

Personification Activities Tailored for 6th Graders

Object Personification: Have students choose an object and write a short story or dialogue where it comes to life.
Weather Emotions: Assign different emotions to weather conditions and describe their behavior.
Nature Personification Walk: Take students outdoors, have them observe nature, and create personification descriptions.
Character Swap: Have characters from literature swap traits with objects, creating humorous scenarios.
Interactive Poetry: Create a collaborative poem where each student contributes a personified line.
Personified Short Stories: Students write short stories where animals or objects have central roles.
Ad Campaigns: Challenge students to create advertisements using personified objects as spokespersons.
Personification Journal: Maintain a journal with daily observations of personification in surroundings.

Unlock the enchanting world of personification for Grade 6 students, nurturing their language skills and igniting their creativity.

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Prompt Design at Character.AI

Author: James Groeneveld Github: https://github.com/character-ai/prompt-poet PyPi: https://pypi.org/project/prompt-poet/

At Character.AI, mastering the art and science of Prompt Engineering is crucial. Constructing prompts in production involves considering a wide array of data and factors: current conversation modalities, ongoing experiments, the Characters involved, chat types, various user attributes, pinned memories, user personas, the entire conversation history and more. Given the billions of prompts we construct per day, the need to maximize the use of expanding LLM context windows, and the diversity of our use cases, a robust and scalable approach to prompt design is essential. We advocate transitioning from traditional 'prompt engineering' to 'prompt design'—a shift that moves us away from tedious string manipulations towards designing precise, engaging prompts. This post introduces Prompt Poet, a solution we've developed to do just that.

Brief Overview

Python f-strings (and wrappers around them) are now the industry standard for Prompt Engineers. Using f-strings can be as simple as adding a user's query directly into a string. However, it can also become very complex, involving a lot of manual string manipulation to create the final prompt. It also makes prompt iteration less accessible to non-technical individuals, as it requires writing code.

We believe there's a better way. That's why we created Prompt Poet ( Github / PyPi ), a tool that allows both developers and non-technical users to efficiently design and manage their production prompts. It saves time on engineering string manipulations, enabling everyone to focus more on crafting the optimal prompts for their users.

Borrowing from the world of UI design, we consider a prompt P as a function of runtime state–including the prompt template, data, token limit and more.

Basic Usage

Prompt templates.

With Prompt Poet, the time you once spent on prompt engineering can now be dedicated to prompt design, allowing you to iterate on templates rather than code. These templates use a mix of YAML and Jinja2 , making them both flexible and easy to combine. This approach empowers both developers and non-technical users to efficiently create and manage prompts. Template processing occurs in two primary stages:

Rendering : Initially, Jinja2 processes the input data. During this phase, control flow logic is executed, data is validated and appropriately bound to variables, and functions within the template are appropriately evaluated.
Loading : Post-rendering, the output is a structured YAML file. This YAML structure consists of repeated blocks or parts, each encapsulated into a Python data structure. These parts are characterized by several attributes:
Name : A clear, human-readable identifier for the part.
Content : The actual string payload that forms part of the prompt.
Role (Optional): Specifies the role of the participant, aiding in distinguishing between different users or system components.
Truncation Priority (Optional): Determines the order of truncation when necessary, with parts having the same priority being truncated in the order in which they appear.

Example: Basic Q&A Bot

A basic example of a template for a Q&A bot.

Interpolating Lists

If you have elements (e.g. messages) in a list you can parse them into your template like so.

Truncating Old Messages

Context length is limited and can’t always fit the entire chat history– so we can set a truncation priority on the message parts and Prompt Poet will truncate these parts in the order in which they appear (oldest to newest).

Adapting to User Modality

To tailor instructions based on the user's current modality (audio or text).

Targeting Specific Queries

To include context-specific examples like homework help when needed.

Handling Whitespace

Prompt Poet will strip whitespace by default to avoid unwanted newlines in your final prompt. If you want to include an explicit space use the special built-in space marker “<|space|>” to ensure proper formatting.

Putting It All Together

Compositionality is a core strength of Prompt Poet templates, enabling the creation of complex, dynamic prompts.

Decomposing Into Sections

To maintain DRY principles in your templates, break them down into reusable sections that can be applied across different templates, such as when A/B testing a new prompt.

This is just the beginning of what your Prompt Poet templates could do and we’re excited to see what you come up with!

Design Choices

Prompt poet library.

The Prompt Poet Library provides various features and settings, including prompt properties. Key features like tokenization and truncation help with efficient caching and low latency responses, as explained in Optimizing Inference .

Templating Language

Jinja2 and YAML combine to offer an incredibly extensible and expressive templating language. Jinja2 facilitates direct data bindings, arbitrary function calls, and basic control flow within templates. YAML provides structure to our templates (with depth=1) allowing us to perform sophisticated truncation when the token limit is reached. This pairing of Jinja2 and YAML is not unique – most notably it is used by Ansible .

Prompt Portability

At Character.AI we are constantly improving our models to better align them with user preferences. To do this, we need to reconstruct our production prompts inside offline processes such as for eval and post-training workloads. Templatizing our prompts in this way allows us to easily share template files among teams without having to stitch together disparate parts of our–ever evolving–codebase.

Template-native Function Calling

One standout feature of Jinja2 is the ability to invoke arbitrary Python functions directly within templates at runtime. This feature is crucial for on-the-fly data retrieval, manipulation, and validation, streamlining how prompts are constructed. Here `extract_user_query_topic` can perform arbitrary processing of the user's query used in the template's control flow--perhaps by performing a round-trip to a topic classifier.

An example of template-native function calling with the use of extract_user_query_topic .

Custom Encoding Function

By default Prompt Poet will use the TikToken “o200k_base” tokenizer although alternate encoding names may be provided in the top-level `tiktoken_encoding_name`. Alternatively, users can provide their own encode function with the top-level `encode_func: Callable[[str], list[int]]`.

Passing a custom encoding function to prompt construction.

If your LLM provider supports GPU affinity and prefix cache, utilize Character.AI’s truncation algorithm to maximize the prefix-cache rate. The prefix cache rate is defined as the number of prompt tokens retrieved from cache over the total number of prompt tokens. Find the optimal values for truncation step and token limit for your use case. As the truncation step increases, the prefix cache rate also rises, but more tokens are truncated from the prompt.

An example of cache aware prompt truncation with specified token limit and truncation step.

Cache Aware Truncation Explained

Our truncation strategy plays a significant role in allowing us to achieve an impressive 95% cache rate by optimizing the way messages are truncated from the prompt. In short, every time we truncate we do so up to a fixed truncation point–only moving this truncation point on average every k turns. This allows us to maximally exploit GPU prefix cache described in Optimizing Inference . If instead we simply truncated until reaching the token limit (L) this truncation point would move every turn. The tradeoff in this approach is that we often truncate more than we strictly need to.

Naive Truncation

Consider the following inter-turn example where M1…M10 are current messages in a given chat. If we naively truncate to just below the token limit our truncation point shifts every turn, leaving only a small portion of the prefix to be retrieved from the cache, resulting in significant recomputation costs.

Cache-aware Truncation

Character.AI's cache-aware truncation algorithm truncates up to the same fixed truncation point for every k turns. This means that the sequence of tokens remains unbroken up until the most recent message allowing us to reuse computations stored in GPU prefix cache from the previous turn. Note that k is not directly controllable but is a function of the truncation step and the average number of tokens per message being truncated.

Prompt Poet represents a significant leap forward in the field of prompt engineering, shifting the focus from cumbersome manual string manipulations to a more streamlined and intuitive design-focused approach. By leveraging principles of UI design and applying them to prompt construction, this tool simplifies the creation of complex and personalized prompts enhancing the quality of interactions between users and AI models.

With Prompt Poet, both developers and non-technical users are empowered to focus more on prompt design and less on prompt engineering. This shift towards design over engineering holds the potential to reshape how we interact with AI, making these interactions more efficient, intuitive, and aligned with user needs. As we continue to explore the capabilities of large language models and expand their applications, tools like Prompt Poet will play a crucial role in harnessing their full potential in user-centric ways.

Related Work

Priompt : Priompt (priority + prompt) is a JSX-based prompting library. It uses priorities to decide what to include in the context window. This project achieves a similar goal in separating a templating layer from a logical construction layer written in and compatible with TypeScript-based usage.
dspy : Provides a great way of automagically optimizing prompts for different models though lacks deterministic control of the prompt important for things like caching and high-throughput, low latency production systems.
Prompt Engine : Born from a common problem of production prompt engineering requiring substantial code to manipulate and update strings this Typescript package similarly adds structure to the prompt templating process– though comes across as being somewhat opinionated making assumptions based on the use cases. With last commits being from 2 years ago it does not seem as though this package is in active development.
llm : Allows basic prompts to be defined in YAML with the Jinja2 enabled features like dynamic control flow, function calling and data bindings.
LangChain : LangChain has a much larger scope than prompt templates though it does provide some basic templating abstractions. Good for simple templating use cases then starts to get unwieldy as prompts increase in complexity.
LlamaIndex : Like LangChain, LlamaIndex has a much larger scope than prompt templates though it also provides some basic templating abstractions.
Mirascope : Implements a novel approach to prompt templating by encapsulating everything in a single python class and using the class’s docstring as the f-string into which to bind data.

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The Real Reason Trump and Vance Hate Being Called ‘Weird’

A bobblehead doll of Donald Trump dressed in black, wearing sunglasses and holding a rifle as “the Trumpinator” sits on a shelf.

By Jamelle Bouie

Opinion Columnist

In 2016, Democrats taunted Donald Trump as “ dangerous Donald .” In 2020, they moved on from dangerous to say that Trump’s Republican Party was a threat to the “ soul of America .” Both messages — one relatively successful, one much less so — emphasized the threat that Trump posed to America and the world.

This year, as it mounts its third national campaign against Trump and his MAGA acolytes, the Democratic Party has abandoned the language of peril and danger in favor of something that is a little less heated.

Trump and JD Vance, Kamala Harris and her allies say, are “weird.”

It started with Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, now Harris’s running mate. Making the case against Trump and the Republican ticket in an interview on MSNBC, an almost bemused Walz said that the Republican Party was so outside the mainstream that it was off-putting to most Americans: “These are weird people on the other side. They want to take books away. They want to be in your exam room.”

Democrats immediately embraced Walz’s characterization of the former president and his running mate. Pete Buttigieg, the secretary of transportation, said Trump was getting “older and stranger.” Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania called Trump “weird” at a rally for Harris, as did Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, who also said that Vance was “erratic.”

“Weird” doesn’t sound like much. But of all the attacks Democrats have levied against Republicans since Trump came down that escalator, this one appears to hit the hardest. Republican politicians seem taken aback by the idea that they’re outside the mainstream, by the charge that their interests and priorities are alienating to the average American.

Now, stepping back a bit, they shouldn’t be. The signature obsessions of Republican politics since 2020 — election denialism, book banning, abortion bans and the crusades against trans and other gender-nonconforming people — are either unpopular with most Americans or electoral dead weight. Democrats in local, state and federal elections have scored win after win in opposition to these and similar preoccupations. In fact, if not for its commitment to this divisive, far-right cultural agenda, the Republican Party might have gotten the “red wave” of its dreams in the 2022 midterm elections.

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