Personification - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

"When Adele walked through the store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her."
What is being personified?

Adele

The store

High heels

Her

2.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."
What is being personified?

The walls

The scream

The room

The orange

3.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

"After he ate the chocolate chip cookies, guilt poked and chewed at Anthony."
What human characteristic is being given?

Eating

Baking

Chewing

Making people guilty

4.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

'The run down house appeared depressed and out of sorts.' What human quality/trait is being demonstrated in the sentence?

House

Depression

Happiness

Loneliness

5.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What is personification?

The same beginning sound repeated

Giving human characteristics to non-human things

A word that is a sound

An exaggeration

6.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"

Photography is one of my hobbies.

I own an expensive camera.

Photos of me are always really good.

I like to visit art museums.

7.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Which is an example of personification?

I am so hungry I could eat a horse

The sun is like a light bulb

The Sun smiled at us

I want to be awesome

8.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

My tennis shoes stuck out their tongues at my stinky feet after running the mile.

simile

metaphor

personification

smelly

9.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What is the meaning of this personification?
"The stairs groaned as we walked on them."

The stairs were slippery when they walked.

The stairs cracked open when they walked.

The stairs squeaked when they walked.

10.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Name the preposition:
Charles Schulz wrote 17,897 "Peanuts" comic strips in his lifetime.

in his lifetime

in

lifetime

his

11.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Name the preposition.
Fans of the cartoonist read his comic strips eagerly.

fans

of

the

his

12.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Which is a prepositional phrase?

to eat

we go

over the river

inside

13.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What is a preposition?

A word used to describe something

A word used to explain a noun.

A word that describes where and/or when something is.

I don't know???

14.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Which of these are a preposition?

She

Is

The table

Under

15.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Harley Quinn put her money on the coffee table. Which word is a preposition?

Harley

On

Put

Money

16.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

"After" is a preposition?

True

False

17.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

"Who" is a preposition.

True

False

18.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What is the preposition in this sentence?
Abby's tree house is above the ground.

Tree house

Ground

Above

Abby's

19.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Which is a correct example of personification?

He is as slow as a turtle

The tornado ran through town without a care

BOOM!!

I'm just too lazy to pick another answer

20.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

The moon winked at me through the clouds as if to say I should venture forward.'
What object is being personified in the sentence?

Clouds

Winked

Say

Moon

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