Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
100
Her smile was as bright as the sun.
SIMILE
100
Time is money.
METAPHOR
100
The wind whispered through the trees.
PERSONIFICATION
100
= LOVE
SYMBOLISM
200
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
ALLITERATION
200
New York City, 1955
SETTING
200
The cookies smelled sweet and buttery.
IMAGERY
200
"Never shall I forget that night, never shall I forget that smoke." – Elie Wiesel, Night
REPETITION
300
Dark clouds appeared before the picnic began.
FORESHADOWING
300
A young woman must choose between loyalty to her family and loyalty to herself.
CONFLICT
300
“You talk about dreams,” he said softly. “But you don’t wake up when they die.”
"I don't care," she replied.
DIALOGUE
300
He’s a real Romeo with the ladies.
ALLUSION
400
The heavy fog and still air in the description made the reader feel anxious.
MOOD
400
The narrator is detached and ironic, mocking the characters’ concerns.
TONE
400
The house sighed as if it remembered old sorrows.
PERSONIFICATION
400
She felt a salty breeze on her face, and the distant clouds floated above the silver water.
IMAGERY
500
The night spread above them like a dark ocean absorbing light.
SIMILE
500
Power can corrupt even those who begin with good intentions.
CENTRAL IDEA
500
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul. – Emily Dickinson
METAPHOR
500
The soldier closed his eyes, and the sound of fireworks became the echo of gunfire years ago.
FLASHBACK