Personification & Hyperbole
Bringing Words to Life
In our final module, we will be examining the use of personification and hyperbole in poetry.
Follow the instructions below to complete the module. There will be a quiz at the end. Everything covered in this module will appear on the quiz.
All work for this module will be due Friday, October 2nd, at 4:00pm.
1. Watch this warm-up video on hyperbole.
2. Watch this podcast on hyperbole. You will first need to sign up on the site (Educanon). As you watch, a series of questions will pop up as you go. Answer them--pause the video if you need to.
3. Read over these poem excerpts. Can you identify the hyperbole in each?
"I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you
Till China and Africa meet,
And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street,
I’ll love you till the ocean
Is folded and hung up to dry"
From W.H Auden’s poem “As I Walked One Evening”
"She told the story, and the whole world wept
At wrongs and cruelties it had not known
But for this fearless woman's voice alone."
From "Harriet Beecher Stowe" by Paul Lawrence Dunbar
4. Watch this Prezi screencast about personification.
5. Check out this video created by a high school art class that animates the poem "City Jungle" by Pie Corbett. Pay attention to the hyperbole and personification in the poem.
6. Read the poems below. Be sure to pay attention to examples of personification and hyperbole in each poem. Questions about these poems will appear in the quiz (see #7.)
7. Take the quiz over Hyperbole and Personification in eBackpack.
Don't forget to look at the instructions for your final free verse poem!
Follow the instructions below to complete the module. There will be a quiz at the end. Everything covered in this module will appear on the quiz.
All work for this module will be due Friday, October 2nd, at 4:00pm.
1. Watch this warm-up video on hyperbole.
2. Watch this podcast on hyperbole. You will first need to sign up on the site (Educanon). As you watch, a series of questions will pop up as you go. Answer them--pause the video if you need to.
3. Read over these poem excerpts. Can you identify the hyperbole in each?
"I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you
Till China and Africa meet,
And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street,
I’ll love you till the ocean
Is folded and hung up to dry"
From W.H Auden’s poem “As I Walked One Evening”
"She told the story, and the whole world wept
At wrongs and cruelties it had not known
But for this fearless woman's voice alone."
From "Harriet Beecher Stowe" by Paul Lawrence Dunbar
4. Watch this Prezi screencast about personification.
5. Check out this video created by a high school art class that animates the poem "City Jungle" by Pie Corbett. Pay attention to the hyperbole and personification in the poem.
6. Read the poems below. Be sure to pay attention to examples of personification and hyperbole in each poem. Questions about these poems will appear in the quiz (see #7.)
7. Take the quiz over Hyperbole and Personification in eBackpack.
Don't forget to look at the instructions for your final free verse poem!
Poem Writing
Your final poem for this series of lessons is also a free verse. You may choose any topic. Your requirements for this poem are that you need to include an example of personification and hyperbole. Look at the poems above for ideas, or research your own.
Here's a link to a how-to site that might give you some ideas to get started with personification, and one on how to write with hyperbole.
This poem is due Monday, October 5th, in eBackpack at 4:00pm.
Here's a link to a how-to site that might give you some ideas to get started with personification, and one on how to write with hyperbole.
This poem is due Monday, October 5th, in eBackpack at 4:00pm.