Descriptive: Personification
Writing Practice
A personal recount generally follows this structure: introduction, tension, climax, resolution, reflection. To lead up to a high point in the climax, ensure the build-up is suspenseful.
Language for Impact: Personification
Another way to describe your experiences in a relatable way is to use personification. Personification attaches human attributes to animals, ideas or objects to emphasize on a specific quality that they may have.
Without Personification
What happens
Your description tells instead of show. As such, your writing is less impactful.
With Personification
What happens
Your description shows more than tells,
drawing your readers’ attention and
imagination to a specific quality of
your subject.
Example:
Write about a place where you experience strong emotions.
Without Personification
- My couch is the place where I feel the most comfortable.
- The forest was frightening, filled with scary shadows of the tall trees.
With Personification
- I always find comfort in the welcoming arms of my couch.
- The forest was frightening, clawing after us with its long, never ending shadows.
