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being personified and explain which human trait or action is applied to the object or idea. 1. The wind whispered through the dark and gloomy forest. 2. The gardener lovingly added the manure to his crops believing he was making happy flowers. 3. As we walked through the scorching desert, the sun beat down on us. 4. Time crawled as Tim sat in the hot detention room painfully watching the clock tic. 5. The lumberjack leveled the many trees into a clearing and his chainsaw sang its deadly song. What is being personified? wind Which human trait or quality is given? whispered What is being personified? flowers Which human trait or quality is given? happy What is being personified? sun Which human trait or quality is given? beat What is being personified? time Which human trait or quality is given? crawl What is being personified? chainsaw Which human trait or quality is given? sang 6. When Monica walked through the shoe store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her. What is being personified? high heels Which human trait or quality is given? called 7. When the patriots defeated the redcoat army, freedom rang across the fruited plains. 8. As Alice searched for her missing pencil, she said sarcastically, “Well, I guess it just walked off of my desk.” She looked at her classmates accusingly. 9. Kelly was so happy that Tom and she were moving in together, but when she walked into her new residence, she dropped her suitcase. She had never seen the inside of the house which Tom’s grandmother had given them, and though she was grateful to receive such a nice gift, the ugly yellow wallpaper in the kitchen screamed at her. She knew she would have a lot of work to do to make her new house livable. 10. William knew that he shouldn’t have eaten the last cookie out of the cookie jar. He knew that his father loved to eat chocolate chip cookies after work, but William ate the last one anyway. Now as he waited for his father to come home, guilt poked and chewed at William. As delicious as the cookie was, William now wished that he had never opened that cookie jar. What is being personified? r edcoat Which human trait or quality is given? army What is being personified? pencil Which human trait or quality is given? walk What is being personified? wallpaper Which human trait or quality is given? screamed What is being personified? gilt Which human trait or quality is given? poked
 * Name: ___** **Directions:** In each sentence, an object or idea is personified. Identify the object or idea that is
 * Personification Worksheet**
 * Personification:** a figurative language technique where an object or idea is given human traits or characteristics.