English Language Arts: Literary Resources Review

Which literary resource is used in the following sentence: "Her laughter echoed through the ancient trees like a chorus of silver bells."

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which literary resource is used in the following sentence: "Her heart was beating with the intensity of a thousand race horses."

• Personification
• Alliteration
• Allegory
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which literary resource is used in the following sentence: "In the forest, only the trees stood sentinel at night."

• Personification
• Oxymoron
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which literary resource is used in the following sentence: "The forest fell silent, the forest was still, the forest was holding its breath in reverence"?

• Anaphora
• Irony
• Simile
• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which literary resource is used in the following sentence: "The hero flew up in a whoosh and threw the villain down with a pow.

• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Personification
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which literary resource is used in the following sentence: "I could hear the wind whispering through the branches of the tallest trees."

• Personification
• Alliteration
• Anaphora
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which literary resource is used in the following sentence: "I can't believe you forgot our date after I told you a million times about it last week."

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which literary resource is used in the following sentence: "I was struck by the deafening silence of the multitude when they declared the boy dead."

• Oxymoron
• Alliteration
• Personification
• Allegory

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which literary resource is used in the following sentence: "They eventually surrendered to the overwhelming violence of the peaceful strike."

• Oxymoron
• Hyperbole
• Personification
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Which literary resource is used in the following sentence: "After we divorced, we could finally be alone together enjoying the sweet despair of our broken hearts."

• Oxymoron
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3