{"id":33868,"date":"2020-04-08T14:22:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T18:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myedme.com\/login\/?p=33868"},"modified":"2020-04-09T13:58:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T17:58:03","slug":"personification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/personification\/","title":{"rendered":"Personification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You can see the word &#8220;person&#8221; in personification. Authors personify when they describe things that aren&#8217;t people using people words. You may have written about &#8220;angry clouds&#8221; or &#8220;happy flowers&#8221;, but you know that clouds don&#8217;t get angry and flowers do not have emotions. As you read more good books, you will see lots of examples of personification. Be sure to list them below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If it&#8217;s helpful here is a video describing personification with a cartoon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Personification Video <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So glad you are enjoying reading and exploring some new poems. Here is the video explaining &#8220;personification&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><div  id=\"_ytid_19670\"  width=\"980\" height=\"551\"  data-origwidth=\"980\" data-origheight=\"551\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qbph-1zrfHQ?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"YouTube player\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/qbph-1zrfHQ\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=980&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Personification is Thrilling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are lyrics from Michael Jackson&#8217;s song Thriller:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it<br \\=\"\">You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes<br \\=\"\">You&#8217;re paralyzed<br \\=\"\">&#8216;Cause this is thriller, thriller night<br \\=\"\">And no one&#8217;s gonna save you from the beast about to strike.&#8221;<\/p><cite>&#8220;Thriller&#8221; by Michael Jackson<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Here terror and horror are not people but they are treated like people. Terror does not literally &#8220;take&#8221; and horror does not literally &#8220;look&#8221;, but together they paint a great picture about the emotion of the situation. Note that people can be &#8220;paralyzed&#8221; and &#8220;saved&#8221; so those lines do not include personification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Examples of Personification<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The comet raced across the sky.<\/li><li>The sun happily spread light across the land.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s your favorite example of personification?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can see the word &#8220;person&#8221; in personification. Authors personify when they describe things that aren&#8217;t people using people words. You may have written about &#8220;angry clouds&#8221; or &#8220;happy flowers&#8221;, but you know that clouds don&#8217;t get angry and flowers do not have emotions. 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