Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
100

Uses words to create a picture in the reader's mind using the 5 senses.

Imagery

100

Repetition

When the same idea or phrase is written multiple times.

100

Metaphor

Comparison of 2 things without using the words like or as. 


Example: The clouds are cotton candy.

100

Personification

When a non-human object is given human characteristics. 


Examples: The book was sad. The cookie was calling my name.

100

An expression with a meaning that is only known through common use.


Examples: It's raining cats and dogs.

Idiom

200

Poetry

A piece of writing that uses imaginative words to share ideas, emotions, or a story with the reader.

200

A piece of writing that uses imaginative words to share ideas, emotions, or a story with the reader.

Poetry

200

The repetition of vowels sounds (usually in the middle of the word).


Examples: leap and stream, clip and chip

Assonance

200

Simile

Comparison of 2 things using the words like or as. 


Example: The clouds are like cotton candy.

200

Rhyme

When the ending sounds of words sound the same. Examples: rhyme, time, dime, mime, climb, trick, stick, kick, sick

300

Extreme exaggeration


Examples: There are a million dishes to do.

Hyperbole

300

Hyperbole

Extreme exaggeration. 


Example: There are a million dishes to do!

300

When the ending sounds of words sound the same.


Examples: rhyme, time, dime, mime, climb, trick, stick, kick, sick

Rhyme

300

Assonance

The repetition of vowel sounds (usually in the middle of the word). 


Examples: leap, stream, clip, chip

300

Comparison of two items using the words like or as.


Example: The clouds are like cotton candy.

Simile

400

When the same idea or phrase is written multiple times.

Repetition

400

Idoim

An expression with a meaning that is only known through common use.


Example: It’s raining cats and dogs.

400

Alliteration

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. 


Examples: Lisa licks lovely lollipops. Kyle keeps cool koalas.

400

Comparison of 2 things using the words like or as.


Examples: The clouds are cotton candy.

Metaphor

400

Onomatopoeia

When a word imitates the sound of an object or animal. 


Examples: woof, oink, splat, ooh-ooh, honk, quack

500

When a word imitates the sound of an object or animal? 


Examples: woof, oink, splat, ooh-ohh, honk, and quack

Onomatopoeia

500

Imagery

Uses words to create a picture in the reader’s mind. Uses 5 senses.

500
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. 


Examples: Lisa licks lovely lollipops.

Kyle keeps cool koalas.

Alliteration

500

When a non-human object is given human characteristics. 


Example: The book was sad.

The cookie was calling my name.

Personification