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Personification Worksheet 5
Figurative Language Activity
Answer the Short Response Questions?
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Dew-drops sing to the garden stones,
The robin chirps in the chinaberry tree
Repeating three clear tones.
The robin chirps in the chinaberry tree
Repeating three clear tones.
Which is being personified in the above text?
Dew-drops
The robin
The chinaberry tree
Which human trait, quality, or ability is given?
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It called me in the sunrise and the dew,
At noon and twilight, sadly, hungrily,
The jealous City, whispering always -- "Home!"
At noon and twilight, sadly, hungrily,
The jealous City, whispering always -- "Home!"
Which is being personified in the above text?
The city
Noon and twilight
The sunrise and the dew
Which human trait, quality, or ability is given?
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I thought how she would have cried
For my warm familiar arms
And the sense of me by her side.
The wind was wailing aloud.
For my warm familiar arms
And the sense of me by her side.
The wind was wailing aloud.
Which is being personified in the above text?
She
I
The wind
Which human trait, quality, or ability is given?
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Down by the railroad in a green valley
By dancing water, there he stayed awhile
Singing, and three men with him, listeners,
By dancing water, there he stayed awhile
Singing, and three men with him, listeners,
Which is being personified in the above text?
A valley
The railroad
Water
Which human trait, quality, or ability is given?
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Strange little tune so thin and rare
Like scents of roses of long ago,
Quavering lightly upon the strings
Of a violin, and dying there
Like scents of roses of long ago,
Quavering lightly upon the strings
Of a violin, and dying there
Which is being personified in the above text?
The tune
The roses
A violin
Which human trait, quality, or ability is given?
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Beheld the enchanted island far away--
Half hidden in the twilight low
On the horizon like a lazy cloud,
Half hidden in the twilight low
On the horizon like a lazy cloud,
Which is being personified in the above text?
The island
A cloud
The twilight
Which human trait, quality, or ability is given?
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Great writhing words as, uttering overmuch,
Stand helplessly before the spirit at bay;
Stand helplessly before the spirit at bay;
Which is being personified in the above text?
Spirit
Bay
Words
Which human trait, quality, or ability is given?
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Picker of buttercups, violets, dandelions
And the big bullying daisies
And the big bullying daisies
Which is being personified in the above text?
Buttercups
Daisies
Dandelions
Which human trait, quality, or ability is given?
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A tree bends darkly where the wall looms high;
Its tortured branches, like a grisly hand,
Clutch at the sky.
Its tortured branches, like a grisly hand,
Clutch at the sky.
Which is being personified in the above text?
The wall
A tree
The sky
Which human trait, quality, or ability is given?
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Grey towers rise from gloom and underneath--
Black-barred and strong--
The snarling windows guard their ancient wrong;
Black-barred and strong--
The snarling windows guard their ancient wrong;
Which is being personified in the above text?
The windows
Underneath
Gloom
Which human trait, quality, or ability is given?
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