Writing - Personification

In class, we have been learning about using personification in our writing.

Personification is where you describe something as if it were human.

We got put with a buddy and got given a photo that we had to write about. This is what we wrote:


There a hill stood, guarding her prized possession. The house stood still, with her trusty guardian tree, waiting patiently for her guest. The wind rushed by, whistling her favorite song.

I approached the tree. Radiant lime green leaves smothered it, engulfing its spider-like limbs in a tangled web. Though once a mighty king of the forest, the ancient tree was coming to the end of its days. As time passed, the tree sunk into a deep sea of thought, remembering the days when he was a great king. The old twisted tree sadly sat and lowered its arms and green afro. 

I came to the old twisted gate. It was bashed and tired, leaning on its side, embarrassed by anyone passing.

The crawling plants threatened to invade the old, battered window. The ragged old window groaned in dismay and felt lost as it was overtaken by the cunning ivy. As it slowly decayed, the house was drowned in all the plants.

As I opened the rustic old door it clung to its hinges and groaned. The wind whipped her worn out bones.

I wandered through the old haunted house and came across a room with a creaky lifeless old chair that sat there, depressed. Abandoned by the world around him it sat staring out the window as the years went past, rotting and fraying.

The ragged, beaten letterbox sat in sorrow, watching the vines twist around him.

As the post box sat, lost in sadness, green loving vines grew to wrap around her with a comforting hug.

The post box precariously balanced on the rotten post as if it had given up all hope.

The sharp lime green leaves strangled the wounded mailbox with a vice grip.

The groaning letterbox gave its last breaths.

The wounded old mailbox groaned and refused to stay intact.

We also looked at these examples of personification: