Personification

We have been learning to use the language feature of personification to give life to words and create personal connections and reactions in the reader.

Personification is when you apply human characteristics to something non-human. We have looked at examples and the students have begun to practice using this writing tool.

Here are some of the students sentences describing the above photo:

The ragged, beaten letterbox sat in sorrow, watching the vines twist around him.

As the post box sat, lost in sadness, green loving vines grew to wrap around her with a comforting hug.

The post box precariously balanced on the rotten post as if it had given up all hope.

The sharp lime green leaves strangled the wounded mailbox with a vice grip.

The groaning letterbox gave its last breaths.

The wounded old mailbox groaned and refused to stay intact.