The children assembled first, of course. school was recently over for the summer, and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them. in one sentence of at least 20 words, explain shirley jackson’s use of personification in the above passage. use textual evidence to identify the phrase or phrases that are personification, and discuss how the subtle nuances of her word choices affect the reader.

50 ! your poem must include the following: ● poetic form: lines and stanzas (not paragraphs! ) o your poem needs to be at least 10 lines long. ● sensory details/strong imagery o “paint a picture” and/or create an emotion with your words, word choice is key in poetry ● figurative language o include at least one of the following: metaphor, simile, and/or personification (click here for more info. on these) ● sound devices o include at least one of the following: repetition, rhyme, rhythm, meter, onomatopoeia, and/or alliteration (click here for more info. on these) ● labels o underneath your poem, include the words from the poem that represent the figurative language and sound devices and label them o examples: booming bombs - alliteration; like a firefly - simile you so