ClassX Video Lessons Youtube Channel Smile and Learn English FIGURATIVE SPEECH for Kids ???? Personification, Alliteration and Repetition ✏️ ✍️ Episode 2
Writers use many different tricks to make their stories more fun and interesting. Today, we will learn about three of these tricks: personification, alliteration, and repetition. It’s easy, so don’t worry! Let’s find out what they are and how they make our stories even more exciting.
Let’s start with personification. Personification is when we give human qualities to things that aren’t human. It makes animals or objects seem like they have human traits or actions. For example, when we say, “the sun is smiling down on us,” we know that the sun can’t actually smile, but it sounds much nicer, doesn’t it? It gives us a warmer feeling than if we simply said, “the sun is shining in the sky.” Or imagine if we say, “the trees are dancing in the wind.” We know that trees can’t dance, but sometimes a strong wind can make it look like they are.
Do you like to play with sounds? Well, you’ll love this trick! Alliteration is when the same sound is repeated in a phrase or sentence. For example, “we heard the sound of the snakes slithering by.” Do you hear how the ‘S’ sound repeats many times? It gives a special feel to the sentence and helps us really imagine the snakes. Another example is “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.” Can you hear how the ‘P’ sound is repeated over and over again? It even helps remind us of the sound of someone picking a pepper off a plant.
Finally, we have repetition. Sometimes, repeating a word or phrase makes it more exciting or important. This trick is about using a word or phrase several times to make it stand out. For example, if we say, “run, run, run as fast as you can,” it helps us feel the action more intensely. Or if we say, “go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep, little baby,” you can see how the speaker’s wish for the baby to go to sleep stands out. It creates an impact, doesn’t it?
Now it’s your turn! Think of something you want to express and try to describe it using personification, alliteration, or repetition. You’ll be creating magical literary images in no time!
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Personification Picture Book: Create a mini picture book by drawing objects or animals and giving them human traits. For example, draw a cloud with a face and write a sentence like “The cloud giggled as it floated across the sky.” Share your book with a friend or family member and explain why you chose those traits.
Alliteration Adventure: Go on a word hunt around your home or classroom to find objects that start with the same letter. Create a fun sentence using those words. For example, if you find a book, a ball, and a banana, you might say, “Bouncing balls and bananas by the book.” Share your sentence with the class and see who can come up with the longest alliteration!
Repetition Rhythm: Think of a simple activity you do every day, like brushing your teeth or tying your shoes. Create a short chant or song using repetition to describe the activity. For example, “Brush, brush, brush your teeth, make them shiny, make them bright.” Perform your chant for your classmates and see if they can guess the activity!
**Welcome to the Wonderful World of Words!**
Writers use many different literary devices to make their stories more interesting. Today, we will learn about three of them: personification, alliteration, and repetition. It’s easy, so don’t worry! Let’s discover what they are and how they make our stories even more exciting.
**Personification**
Let’s start with personification. Personification is a literary device that gives human qualities to nonhuman things. It gives animals or objects human traits, characteristics, or actions. For example, when we say, “the sun is smiling down on us,” we know that the sun can’t actually smile, but it sounds much nicer, doesn’t it? It gives us a warmer feeling than if we simply said, “the sun is shining in the sky.” Or imagine if we say, “the trees are dancing in the wind.” We know that trees can’t dance, but sometimes a strong wind can make it look like they are.
**Alliteration**
Do you like to play with sounds? Well, you’ll love this literary device! Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound in a phrase or sentence. For example, “we heard the sound of the snakes slithering by.” Do you hear how the ‘S’ sound repeats many times? It gives a special quality to the sentence and helps us really imagine the snakes. Another example is “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.” Can you hear how the ‘P’ sound is repeated over and over again? It even helps remind us of the sound of someone picking a pepper off a plant.
**Repetition**
Finally, we have repetition. Sometimes, repeating a word or phrase is the key to making it more exciting or important. This literary device consists of using a word or phrase several times to create emphasis or impact. For example, if we say, “run, run, run as fast as you can,” it helps us feel the action more intensely. Or if we say, “go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep, little baby,” you can see how the speaker’s wish for the baby to go to sleep stands out. It creates an impact, doesn’t it?
Now it’s your turn! Think of something you want to express and try to describe it using personification, alliteration, or repetition. You’ll be creating magical literary images in no time!
We’ve learned so much in just one video! Did you know there are many more videos? Imagine how much you could learn! Subscribe to the Smile and Learn educational channel to learn and have fun at the same time!
