I will also ask them if they know of examples where personification is used in poetry. Actually, Dr. Evil s father was a poet. There s a scene in the movie where Dr. Evil is talking about his childhood and he noted that his father once accused chestnuts of being lazy. He is using a concept called personification. According to the Glossary of Literary Terms, person ification is a form of figurative language in which either an inanimate object or an abstract concept is spoken of as though it were endowed with life or with human attributes or feelings.
Personification is a powerful tool because it heightens the overall tone or mood of the poem.
I learned from the microteaching that the type in the overheads should be larger and the overhead table should be pulled back to allow for a larger image projection. Today, we re going to learn about personification. In your assignment for tonight, I ll also give you a choice of assignments that will allow you to be really creative in your display of your understanding of personification. This passage is filled with both subtle and obvious examples of personification. Milton also describes the rain as sad and weeping at the completion of the sin.