Question 1: Identify any examples of personification in the passage.

Answer: The wind whispered, shadows danced.

Question 2: What effect does the personification of the wind and shadows create?

Answer: It makes the scene more vivid and gives life to inanimate objects.

Question 3: Find and correct the grammatical error in the sentence: 'The shadows danced across the wall's.'

Answer: The wall's should be 'walls' or 'wall's' (possessive); the sentence is incomplete or incorrect as is.

Question 4: Explain how personification affects the mood of the passage.

Answer: It creates an eerie, mystical atmosphere by attributing human qualities to nature and objects.

Question 5: Remove the personification from the sentence: 'The house groaned under the weight of memories.'

Answer: The house made noises under the weight of memories.

Question 6: Identify the literary device used in the phrase: 'Shadows danced across the walls'.

Answer: b) Personification

Question 7: Write a short paragraph using personification to describe a rainy day.

Answer: Students should create a paragraph that attributes human qualities to aspects of a rainy day, such as 'The rain tapped angrily on the window' or 'The clouds wept bitter tears.'

Question 8: List two effects of using personification in descriptive writing.

Answer: Enhances imagery; evokes emotions in the reader.

Question 9: Correct the following sentence by removing the personification: 'The furious storm shouted through the valley.'

Answer: The storm was loud and angry as it moved through the valley.