ELA test questions on personification for 4th graders.

📚 Quick Study Guide

• ✍️ Personification is when you give human qualities or actions to non-human things (objects, animals, or ideas).
• 🌳 For example, "The wind whispered secrets through the trees" (wind can't whisper!).
• 🌟 Look for verbs or adjectives that usually describe people being used to describe something else.
• 🧠 Ask yourself: Is this thing really capable of doing what the sentence says it is? If not, it might be personification!
• 💡 Personification makes writing more vivid and interesting.

Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following sentences uses personification?
   1. The sun was hot in the sky.
   2. The car grumbled as it drove up the hill.
   3. Birds flew overhead.
   4. The house was very big.
2. In the sentence, "The flowers danced in the breeze," what is being personified?
   1. The breeze
   2. The dancing
   3. The flowers
   4. The sun
3. Choose the sentence that contains personification.
   1. The book was heavy.
   2. The storm yelled its fury at the town.
   3. The dog barked loudly.
   4. The cake tasted delicious.
4. What human quality is given to the object in this sentence: "The computer screen stared back at me."?
   1. Hearing
   2. Tasting
   3. Seeing
   4. Smelling
5. Which of these sentences does NOT use personification?
   1. The moon smiled down on the lake.
   2. The river snaked through the valley.
   3. The old tree stood tall in the forest.
   4. The clouds cried tears of rain.
6. In the sentence, "The popcorn jumped out of the pot," what is being personified?
   1. The pot
   2. The jumping
   3. The popcorn
   4. The stove
7. Which sentence contains the best example of personification?
   1. The pencil was on the desk.
   2. The wind howled through the night.
   3. The cat slept soundly.
   4. The water was cold.