Personification of Abstract Nouns

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Personification of Abstract Nouns
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Figurative Language

• Figurative language presents ordinary things in
  fresh new ways, communicating ideas that go
  beyond words ordinary meanings.

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• Writers use figurative language to emphasize
  ideas, evoke emotions, shape mood, and create
  other effects.
• PoetryYou probably recognize poetry when you see
  it, even if you cant really explain what poetry
  is. Poetry looks different than prose because it
  is organized into lines instead of paragraphs.
  When reading or writing a poem, you need to think
  about the way the words look on the page, the way
  the words sound together, and the images or
  mental pictures, they create. The shapes, sounds,
  and images in a poem work together to express the
  poems meaning.

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Personification is giving human qualities,
feelings, action, or characteristics to inanimate
(non-living) objects.For example The window
winked at me. The verb, wink, is a human action.
A window is an inanimate object. Therefore, we
have a good example of personification.

• The wind sang her mournful song through the
  falling leaves.
• 2. The microwave timer told us of the morning
  hours.
• 3. The video camera observed the whole scene.

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4. The strawberries seemed to sing, "Eat me
first!" 5. The rain kissed my cheeks as it
fell. 6. The daffodils nodded their yellow heads
at the walkers. 7. The water beckoned invitingly
to the hot swimmers. 8. The snow whispered as it
fell to the ground during the early morning
hours. 9. The china danced on the shelves during
the earthquake. 10. The car engine coughed and
sputtered when it started during the blizzard.
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Abstract NounsAn abstract noun refers to
concepts, feelings, or qualities that have no
physical existence.

• Friendship Hate
  Romance
• Faith
  Childhood Loyalty
• Honesty Calm
  Peace
• Liberty Bravery
  Maturity
• Feelings Joy
  Truth
• Thrill Love
  Success
• Humor
  Sensitivity Comfort
• Shame Fear
  Gratitude
• Hope Sorrow
  Charity
• Talent Failure
  Happiness
• Sleep Memory
  Law
• Sadness Pride
  Power
• Compassion Enthusiasm
  Principle

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Noun

• Where does ____ live?
• What are his/her goals for life?
• What is his/her favorite color?
• How does he/she spend her weekends?

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• What are his/her hobbies?
• Who are his/her best friends?
• How does he/she treat others?

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Jealousy

• Jealousy lives on the other side of the fence
  from where the grass is always greener.
• Jealousys goals are to take from others and to
  keep everything for himself.
• Jealousys favorite colors are the green of a
  monsters eyes and angry red.
• Jealousy spends the weekends full of envy and
  coveting his neighbor.

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• Jealousys hobbies are moping around the house
  and feeling sorry for himself.
• Jealousys best friends are Resentfulness, Greed,
  and Suspicion. His enemies are Faith and
  Compassion.
• Jealousy is unkind to others and treats them with
  contempt.

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• Noun
• Where does ____live?
• What are his/her goals for life?
• What is her/his favorite color?
• How does he/she spend her weekends?
• What are her/his hobbies?
• Who are his/her best friends? Enemies?
• How does he/she treat others?