English Literary Review

Read the sentences below and decide which sentence describes a "simile."

• The snow is a white blanket.

• The shoes fit like a grove.

• The flowers danced in the wind.

• The plane roared through the sky.

Read each sentence below and decide which sentence describes "personification."

• The wind sang during the storm.

• Life is a highway.

• "BOOM!" The thunder rumbled.

• The wind howled, like a wolf in the night.

Read each sentence, and decide which describes an "onomatopoeia."

• The girl danced like there was no tomorrow.

• The plants danced in the rain.

• The book hit the floor with a big "THUD!"

• Life is a highway.

"The grass was green and the flowers were red."

Which literary term does the sentence above describe?

• Imagery

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

What is the correct definition of "irony?"

• Words that describe sounds.

• When readers expect something to happen in a story, and it occurs.

• Describing a setting by how it looks (color, sizes, etc.)

• A sentence using "like" or "as."