Personification & Alliteration

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Personification Alliteration 
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Personification 

• Personification is when an author gives an idea,
  object, or animal qualities or traits of a person.

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Examples

• smiling moon
• CD player sang a tune
• car ran
• Oreo Milks favorite cookie
• My computer hates me.
• The camera loves me.
• Opportunity knocked on the door.
• The sun greeted me this morning.
• Snow had wrapped a white blanket over the city.
• Time never waits for anyone.
• Trees were dancing with the wind.
• The TV sprang to life.

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Tutorial

• (Personification and Learning Styles)
• http//leadingfamilies.com/learning/writing/flash/
  pipe.swf

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Alliteration 

• Alliteration is the repetition of usually initial
  consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words
  or syllables. When writers want to emphasize
  certain words, they may use alliteration.

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Tutorial

• Alliteration Theodore Roethke Setting Goals
  http//leadingfamilies.com/learning/writing/flash/
  awesome.swf

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Examples

• down in the dumps
• do or die
• right as rain
• sink or swim
• pay the price
• Coca-Cola
• back to the basics
• green as grass
• live the life

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• Directions
• For each of the following slides decide whether
  each sentence contains a simile, a metaphor,
  alliteration, or personification.
• If simile or metaphor, what is being compared?
• If personification what object is being
  personified?

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• page 72 The other bodies in the room were little
  more than bags of flesh and bones, dumped across
  broken chairs and couches.

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• page 72 The other bodies in the room were little
  more than bags of flesh and bones, dumped across
  broken chairs and couches.
• metaphor

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• Camp Green Lake once danced in the heart of
  Texas.

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• Camp Green Lake once danced in the heart of
  Texas.
• personification

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• Trout's feet smelled like dead fish.

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• Trout's feet smelled like dead fish.
• simile

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• The dark and dreary days were depressing.

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• The dark and dreary days were depressing.
• alliteration

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• Elya fought his way to America after forgetting
  to fulfill a promise.

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• Elya fought his way to America after forgetting
  to fulfill a promise.
• alliteration

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• Mr. Yelnats thought old smelly sneakers were his
  ticket to success.

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• Mr. Yelnats thought old smelly sneakers were his
  ticket to success.
• metaphor

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• The rain stopped, and the lake said good bye.

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• The rain stopped, and the lake said good bye.
• personification

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• The trees beckoned the campers to its shade.

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• The trees beckoned the campers to its shade.
• personification

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• Clyde Livingston's shoes were as smelly as blue
  cheese.

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• Clyde Livingston's shoes were as smelly as blue
  cheese.
• simile

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• Katherine kept cold memories in her heart.

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• Katherine kept cold memories in her heart.
• alliteration

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• The hundred year curse was dynamite to Stanley's
  family.

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• The hundred year curse was dynamite to Stanley's
  family.
• metaphor

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• Stanley seldom seemed satisfied.

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• Stanley seldom seemed satisfied.
• alliteration

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• The wind sang its sad tune.

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• The wind sang its sad tune.
• personification

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• Derrick Dunne did dirty deeds.

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• Derrick Dunne did dirty deeds.
• alliteration

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• Magnet claimed, "My fingers are like little
  magnets."

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• Magnet claimed, "My fingers are like little
  magnets.
• simile

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• Sam ran like the devil with Charles Walker
  chasing after him.

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• Sam ran like the devil with Charles Walker
  chasing after him.
• simile

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• The cameras were windows for the Warden to see
  into the boys' lives.

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• The cameras were windows for the Warden to see
  into the boys' lives.
• metaphor

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• The nail polish with rattlesnake venom was as
  lethal as nuclear waste.

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• The nail polish with rattlesnake venom was as
  lethal as nuclear waste.
• simile

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• The onions were miracle drugs.

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• The onions were miracle drugs.
• metaphor

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• The camp sang when Stanley and Zero were set
  free.

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• The camp sang when Stanley and Zero were set
  free.
• personification

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Practice

• Go to page 37 in your student packet for Holes.
• When you finish return here for additional
  practice.

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Listen to I am a Rock by Paul Simon. Highlight
personification in blue, metaphors in red, and
alliterations in green.
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personification blue, metaphors red, and
alliterations green
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Listen to Paul Simons At the Zoo Which
figurative language technique does he use?