Exploring Poetry Topic: Part 1. Instructions: Match the words with the definitions.

1.Newspaper
2.Comma
3.Compound words
4.Fact
5.Personification
6.Pronoun
7.Opinion
8.Poem
9.Acrostic poem

A. refers to a personal belief

B. is a words which is made up of two or more words, that put together to form a new meaning.

C. is a piece of writing that expreses feelings and ideas using imaginative language.

D. indicates a smaller break.

E. that they can be substituted for other nouns.

F. the first letter of each line spells a word. The word is the subject of the poem.

G. a publication that is printed and distributed, usually daily or weekly.

H. generally refers to something that is true and can be verified as such.

I. is when you give an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have.

Part 2. Practice: Instructions: Write the idea, object, or animal being personified and what they are doing that makes it an example of personification.

1. Lightning danced across the sky.

2. The wind howled in the night.

3. The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.

4. Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.

5. My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.

6. The avalanche devoured anything standing in its way.

7. The door protested as it opened slowly

8. The approaching car's winked at me.

9. The stairs groaned as we walked on thew.

10. My flowers were begging for water.​