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Personification Writing Practice

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Personification Writing Practice

Sun with a smiling face and trees waving

🌟 Part 1: Understanding Personification

WALT: Identify examples of personification in sentences.

Remember: Personification gives human qualities to objects, animals, or nature!

1. Which sentence uses personification?

The wind was very strong.

The wind whispered through the trees.

The wind blew the leaves away.

2. In the sentence "The sun smiled down on the children," what human quality is given to the sun?

Walking

Smiling

Sleeping

3. Which of these sentences use personification? (Tick all that apply)

The flowers danced in the breeze.

The car is red.

The thunder roared angrily.

The house stood on the hill.

4. Complete this sentence with personification: "The old tree _____________ in the storm."

was tall

groaned and creaked

had many branches

✏️ Part 2: Creating Your Own Personification

WALT: Write sentences using personification to make our writing more interesting.

5. Write a sentence that gives the moon a human quality:

The moon _________________________________________________

6. Make this sentence more interesting using personification:

The rain fell on the roof.

New sentence: ___________________________________________

7. Choose an object from your classroom and write a sentence that gives it human feelings or actions:
8. Complete these personification sentences:

a) The stars _________________________ in the night sky.

b) The angry clouds _________________________ overhead.

c) The gentle stream _________________________ over the rocks.

🎨 Part 3: Creative Challenge

9. Write a short paragraph (3-4 sentences) about your favourite season using at least TWO examples of personification:
10. Extension: Can you think of a personification sentence about something uniquely New Zealand? (e.g., pohutukawa trees, the Southern Alps, kiwi birds)

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