Understanding Personification
A Grade 3 ELA worksheet to help students understand and identify personification in sentences.
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Understanding Personification
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Read each section carefully and answer the questions. Personification is when you give human qualities or actions to something that is not human, like an animal or an object.
Read the sentences below. Circle the sentence that uses personification.
1. Which sentence shows personification?
The cat purred softly.
The wind howled all night long.
The flowers are colorful.
The boy ran fast.
2. Which sentence uses personification?
The sun is hot.
The clock winked at me.
The book is heavy.
The dog barked loudly.
Complete each sentence by adding a human action to the non-human thing.
3. The old house in the storm.
4. The flowers in the gentle breeze.
5. The stars in the night sky.
6. Write your own sentence using personification. Underline the non-human thing and circle the human action.
Decide if the following sentences use personification. Circle True or False.
7. The sun smiled down on us.
True
False
8. The car drove quickly.
True
False
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