Name: _____________________ Class: ______

Can you insert the words from the word bank to make the tree come alive by
making sentences that use personification? You can only use a word once.
1. The tree _____________ and _____________ like a witch as
the wind danced through its branches.
2. The tree _____________ at me through its dark, jagged
_____________.
3. The tree _____________ at me through the black
_____________ of its trunk.
4. The tree ____________ its secrets as its leaves rustled in the
cold wind.
5. The insides of the tree _____________ at me like it contained
the source of all evil inside its _____________.
6. The tree _____________ and _____________ my arm with its
long brittle _____________ as I ran with all my strength through
the fearless forest.
shrieked examined howled
screamed snatched gazed
grasped
spied
eyes
fingers
whispered
clutched grinned
scrutinized snarled
clenched
mouth
growled
stomach
grabbed wailed
snickered
inspected
smirked
sneer
roared
pinched
screeched
leer
Now try and make your own examples! You can use the word bank above or a thesaurus.
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