 If you're a GCSE student, here are three grade nine phrases that use personification, which you can use in any creative writing story. Number one, you can create a really scary atmosphere by describing the mad, whining wind. Number two, in a dark setting, you could describe how chinks of light slice through the darkness. And number three, you could walk into the yawning cave. Really powerful personification, which you can use especially if you're using a cave setting.