Personification

What is personification?

Personification brainstorming: (follow these steps closely)


1. Think about this school year, your art major, or a particular class. Choose a topic or subject. (if you have a better idea, feel free to use it--if you are stuck, choose my suggestion)

2. Give this school year, art major, particular class, etc. a personality by defining:

• How old is this person?
• What gender is this person?
• What does this person look like? What does he/she wear? What kind of hair style or shoes does he/she sport?
• What kind of personality does this person have? (happy-go-lucky? angry? morbid? annoying? respectful? cruel? hopeful? pleasant? sad? jealous?, etc.)
• Give this person a quirk or personality trait. (Always sings in the shower, doesn't like the color green, likes to pull wings off flies, doesn't eat anything beginning with the letter "f", dislikes laziness, etc.)
• How else would you describe this person? What's his/her favorite pastime or activity? What's his/her pet peeve? Etc.

Personification writing task: After brainstorming, write a personal letter to your personified school year, art major, particular class, etc. in which you confess a secret or make a promise or tell the person off. Type up your letter.

CLASSWORK: After writing your letter, write a poem or a short story using personification. The more you write for this class, the higher your participation grade will be. Use your time in the lab effectively. Today is a day for WRITING!