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Spell Bee Word: personification


Basic Details

Word: Personification

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Describing a thing, animal or idea as if it were a person, as in The wind whispered. It can also mean a person who is a perfect example of a quality.

Synonyms: embodiment

How to Spell Personification

Syllables: per - son - i - fi - ca - tion

Tricky part: After person comes i, then fi, then cation: person-i-fi-cation. Students often write an a or an extra n.

Watch out for: personafication, personnification, personificasion

Memory tip: Grow it in steps: person, then personify, then change the y to i and add -cation.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The poem uses personification when it says the sun smiled on the fields.

Example 2: Our English teacher asked us to find three examples of personification in the story.

Example 3: Grandma is the personification of patience.

Fun Fact

Old Father Time and Mother Nature are two well-known examples of personification, where time and nature are pictured as people.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) personification
b) allitteration
c) metefor
d) onomatopeia

Show answer

a) personification. The others should be onomatopoeia, alliteration and metaphor.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

person_f_cation

a) i, e
b) e, i
c) a, i
d) i, i

Show answer

d) i, i. Personify keeps its i before the f, and the y becomes i before -cation.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

notificasperion

a) personification
b) perspiration
c) persecution
d) personalisation

Show answer

a) personification. Personalisation needs an l, and the other two are far shorter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which line uses personification?

a) Flowers need water.
b) I picked three flowers.
c) The flowers are red.
d) The flowers danced in the breeze.

Show answer

d) The flowers danced in the breeze.

2. In personification, a non-human thing is given ____.

a) a price
b) human actions or feelings
c) a new colour
d) a number

Show answer

b) human actions or feelings

Associated Words

sanctuarydecadedieticiancrustcompulsion
thereforeescalatejournalbeddingmagma

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