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100

Compares two different things using like or as

Similie

100

Visually descriptive language that appeals to our 5 senses

Imagery

100
Japanese poem following this rhythm: 5 7 5

Haiku

100

What do you call a baby owl?

Owlet

200

Compares two different things WITHOUT using like or as

Metaphor

200

When two opposite things are next to each other

Oxymoron

200

Poem that has a specific shape that has to do with its meaning

Concrete Poem

200

What is the smallest planet in our solar system?

Mercury

300

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects

Personification

300

A play on words using two definitions of the same word

Pun

300

A poem where each line spells out a word

Acrostic Poem

300

What is the human body’s largest organ?

Skin

400

An exaggeration

Hyperbole

400
Using an object to represent a feeling or idea that is beyond its literal meaning

Symbolism

400

A paragraph inside a poem

Stanza

400

When was the first iPhone released?

2007

500

Reference to a movie, book, person, etc.

Allusion

500

When two sounds are next to each other

Alliteration 

500

To mark up a poem to delve deeper for more ideas

Annotate

500

How many bones does a shark have?

Zero