The waterwas ascold asice.A comparisonbetween twounlike thingswithout using“like” or “as.”Walk oneggshells.Mightymountainsrisemajestically.HissThe moonfollowedme home.The snowis a whiteblanket.BoomOldnewsBittersweetGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthings.A wordthatimitates asound.A phrasewhose meaningis different fromthe literalmeaning of thewords.Breakthe ice.Pieceof cakeA comparisonbetween twounlike thingsusing “like” or“as."The repetitionof the samebeginningsound innearby words.Regretlingered inthe roomlong after heleft.The sunsmileddown onus.Hisheart isstone.Busybeesbuzzedby.RoarThe babyslept likea log.A phrase thatcombines twoopposite orcontradictoryideas.The waterwas ascold asice.A comparisonbetween twounlike thingswithout using“like” or “as.”Walk oneggshells.Mightymountainsrisemajestically.HissThe moonfollowedme home.The snowis a whiteblanket.BoomOldnewsBittersweetGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthings.A wordthatimitates asound.A phrasewhose meaningis different fromthe literalmeaning of thewords.Breakthe ice.Pieceof cakeA comparisonbetween twounlike thingsusing “like” or“as."The repetitionof the samebeginningsound innearby words.Regretlingered inthe roomlong after heleft.The sunsmileddown onus.Hisheart isstone.Busybeesbuzzedby.RoarThe babyslept likea log.A phrase thatcombines twoopposite orcontradictoryideas.

Figurative Language - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. The water was as cold as ice.
  2. A comparison between two unlike things without using “like” or “as.”
  3. Walk on eggshells.
  4. Mighty mountains rise majestically.
  5. Hiss
  6. The moon followed me home.
  7. The snow is a white blanket.
  8. Boom
  9. Old news
  10. Bittersweet
  11. Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.
  12. A word that imitates a sound.
  13. A phrase whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of the words.
  14. Break the ice.
  15. Piece of cake
  16. A comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as."
  17. The repetition of the same beginning sound in nearby words.
  18. Regret lingered in the room long after he left.
  19. The sun smiled down on us.
  20. His heart is stone.
  21. Busy bees buzzed by.
  22. Roar
  23. The baby slept like a log.
  24. A phrase that combines two opposite or contradictory ideas.