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The Oven Grumbled

Personification: giving things human actions

Lesson 5
Medium
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Chef Polpetta

Ask: could it really do that? A car can stop, but it cannot cough. Coughing is human.

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Tick the personification

aThe flowers nodded in the breeze.The flowers grew in the breeze.personification
bThe car was old and rusty.The old car wheezed up the hill.personification
cThe sea was rough today.The sea threw a tantrum today.personification
dThe town slept under the snow.The town was covered in snow.personification
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Find the 3 mistakes

The kitchen at midnight. The fridge hums a lullaby. The taps are silver. The old clock coughs on the wall. The chairs are wooden. The cooker is switched off.
Two lines already bring the kitchen to life.
Write the corrections here
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Now you write

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a Which actions bring the old car to life?
Tick 2coughedgrumbledstoppedwas redhad wheels
Now write a sentence with one:
b Which actions bring the sea to life?
Tick 2sulkedgiggledwas saltywas bluehad waves
Now write a sentence with one:
c Which actions bring the flowers to life?
Tick 2noddeddancedgrewwere redhad petals
Now write a sentence with one:
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Help Polpetta

Chef Polpetta

I used personification! The wind blew. The rain fell. The sun was hot. Things doing things, no?

Tell Polpetta why none of these are personification, then rewrite two of them.
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