Presentation and activities introducing personification.

1. How many verbs can you write down
starting with the following letters...
• S
• L
• M
• P
• O
• Q
• T

2. Personification
Giving human
characteristics or
features to objects

3. Personification Examples
• The flowers begged for water.
• The house was lazy and unkempt.
• Lightning danced across the sky.
• Trees bowed to the ground.
• The carved pumpkin smiled at me.
• The vines wove their fingers together to form a braid.
• The wind whispered softly in the night.
• The sun played hide and seek with the clouds.
• The camera loved her.
• The radio sprang to life at the touch of a button.
• The bed groaned.

4. Personification Examples
• The wind screamed as it raced around the
house.
• The stars winked at me.
• The headlights winked.

5. Five Things About The Lake
by Flora De Flabe
1. The lake is no slave to fashion, but she is proud of her frothy
skirt of trees. Her dark, svelte figure.
2. She doesn’t want to talk. The air rushes over her, whistling
how have you been? – and she responds with a glassy
stare.
3. The lake raises an eyebrow when she is speckled with rain.
She doesn’t do anything else but the rain takes the hint.
4. When the lake picks out her foliage she does so with
impeccable taste. Even the fallen leaves have agreed on a
colour scheme.
5. The lake enjoys being looked at (though she wouldn’t admit
it). She likes that I’m writing this.
This is an example of a personification list poem. It is full of
personification examples and excellent descriptions. How many
examples of personification can you find?

6. Getting Started Personification
• Flora de Falbe’s inspiration came from
time spent by a lkae during a stay at the
Hurst, a Shropshire centre run by creative
writing organisation Arvon.
• By using a real place as her inspiration
and creating a fictional persona for it, she
was able to bring the lake to life.
Choose your favourite place or object. Start to think about different
characteristics or qualities that place or object will have. How will he
or she react in different circumstances?

7. Writing Your Own
Personification List Poem
• Try to include variety of characteristics and
qualities in your poem:
– Appearance
– Character
– Desires – Likes/Dislikes
– Past experiences
– Interaction with other objects
– Feelings/Emotions
– Possessions