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Project 3: Write a short story about the life of a cloud using personification.

Definition of Personification: Personification is giving human qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics to inanimate (non-living) objects.

For example: The cloud winked at me. The verb winked, is a human action. A cloud is an inanimate object. Therefore, we have a good example of personification.

Remember your story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Outline your story before writing it. Who are the characters? What is the setting? The theme? The plot? The problem? The resolution?

For a story outline diagram go to: http://angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/ssanalysis.html

Or try: http://enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/storymap/

TIME REQUIRED: EXTRA CREDIT HOMEWORK