In this lesson, you have learned about the uses of personification in nonfiction. You will now write an essay that demonstrates what you have learned and how you responded to personification in the story of the cowbirds.

Begin by reviewing your notes. Click "My Work" above and view or print out the screen.

Final Assignment Instructions

• Download Personification: Cowbirds—Final Assignment  (PDF).
• Choose one of the topics in the PDF and write an essay.
• Organize your response so that it includes at least three supporting details that you have learned from the reading passage, video(s), and other materials in this lesson.
• Use at least three vocabulary words (or a form of the words) as part of your supporting details. For example, for the word jump, you could use jumps, jumped, or jumping.