RIC-20229 Primary Grammar and Word Study Year 1 – Figures of Speech

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Onomatopoeia 1. Read these words. Match them to the object which would make that sound. (a) pop • • (b) tick-tock • • (c) ring, ring • • (d) fizz • • (e) ding-dong • • 2. Look at these pictures. Write a word to match each things sound. (a) ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy (b) t k p (c) b (d) p h R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricpublications.com.au 81 Primary grammar and word study
Figures of speech Personification Focus Personifying animals and objects Definition • Personification is a way of describing non-human things (such as animals and inanimate objects) using human traits and abilities such as such as speaking. Example: The mountain hut beckoned as the wind grabbed at my jacket. Explanation • Personification can provide a different perspective. Personifying an object or animal can help the reader understand, sympathise, connect or react emotionally to non-human characters. Worksheet information • Personification can often be found in poetry. Teachers might wish to introduce this worksheet by reading some poetry to the students and talking about how the things were given human traits in the poem. Examples of some age appropriate poems include ‘Two sunflowers move in the yellow room’ by William Blake; ‘In the garden’, ‘The sky is low’ and other poems by Emily Dickinson; or nursery rhymes like ‘Hey diddle diddle’ by Mother Goose. • Fables, nursery rhymes and fairy tales frequently have animals with human abilities and traits as main characters. Teachers may wish to read some of these as an introduction. • Read the worksheet introduction with the students. Ask them to suggest some characters they know that are not people, but do things normally only people can do. Teachers may wish to introduce and discuss the term ‘personify’ with the students. • Students select one of the characters on the worksheet or create one of their own. They give it human characteristics, such as a gender, name and personality. Using this information, they write a short story about something that might happen to this character. Encourage students to describe how the character might react, think or feel about these things, focussing on the human characteristics rather than events. Ideas for further practice • Students could write a narrative using the character they have created. • Give one-half of the students a card with an inanimate object or animal written on it, and the other half a card with a verb or feeling. Students pair up and use the two words to create a short story; e.g. ‘The spanner was angry about the way she was being treated these days, especially by being left alone in the shed’. Answers Teacher check ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy Primary grammar and word study 82 www.ricpublications.com.au R.I.C. Publications ®
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RIC-20229 Primary Grammar and Word Study Year 1 – Figures of Speech

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