PERSON-ification

Figurative language can be found in literature and poetry.  Writers use figurative language to make their work more interesting or more dramatic than literal language which simply states facts.

So far, this year we have learned about 5 types of figurative language:

metaphor

simile

onomatopoeia

alliteration

and today...

PERSONIFICATION!

Here's an example of personification in The One and Only Ivan:

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In The Dark By Lemony Snicket and Jon Klassen, darkness is personified...