Developing A System of Exercises on Personification in Descriptive Essays About Scenery for 5th Grade Students in Vietnam

Descriptive writing in the Vietnamese language curriculum for 5th grade is an important type of exercise that helps students observe, perceive, and express the world around them in their own words. To make a composition vivid, rich in imagery, and full of emotion, the use of rhetorical devices in general, and personification in particular, plays a crucial role. In reality, many 5th-grade students do not fully understand the characteristics of personification, leading to its improper use or failure to fully exploit its expressive potential. Therefore, developing a system of appropriate exercises to practice the use of personification will help students improve their descriptive writing skills and enhance their creative thinking. With that significance in mind, the article "Developing a System of Exercises on Personification in Descriptive Landscape Writing for 5th-Grade Students in Vietnam" aims to build a diverse and scientifically structured set of exercises. These exercises will help students identify and understand personification in landscape descriptions, apply it flexibly and creatively in their writing, improve their expressive skills, and make their compositions more vivid.