ELA: Figurative Language Review - 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.

1. Davy definitely didn't do his due diligence.
   Alliteration
2. Idiom
   That book was so popular, it flew off the shelves
3. Alliteration
   A bug bite by Betty's big toe bugged her
4. I slept like a baby last night.
   Simile
5. Idiom
   The bride got cold feet on her wedding day.
6. My head exploded at the amount of homework
   Hyperbole
7. Cold crocodiles crawl cautiously.
   Alliteration
8. Define: Hyperbole
   Definition: Phrases that exaggerate a meaning but couldn't really happen
9. My phone is a door to a different world.
   Metaphor
10. Definition: Compares two unlike things by saying one thing is another
    Define: Metaphor
11. The test was a monster.
    Metaphor
12. Personification
    The thunder grumbled with anger.
13. She was like sunshine on a cloudy day
    Simile
14. Definition: a cultural phrase or expression that doesn't mean the literal definition of the words
    Define: Idiom
15. Onomatopoeia
    The squealing alarm woke me up.
16. Definition: giving human-like attributes to non-human things
    Define: Personification
17. The fire began to crackle and pop.
    Onomatopoeia
18. Define: Simile
    Definition: Comparing two things using like or as
19. Definition: a word that sounds like the actual noise it makes
    Define: Onomatopoeia
20. Personification
    His phone shook and shouted with incoming texts.
21. Music is a warm hug when you're feeling down
    Metaphor
22. Define: Alliteration
    Definition: Repeated beginning sounds
23. Hyperbole
    All of my dreams died when my teacher announced a pop quiz.
24. Idiom
    Jessica gave me the cold shoulder.
25. Metaphor
    The peaceful lake was a mirror.
26. Simile
    I turned as white as a ghost.
27. Idiom
    Aren't you a sight for sore eyes?
28. The sun smiled down at Earth below.
    Personification
29. Simile
    My cat is as lazy as a sack of potatoes.
30. Metaphor
    The syrup is a slide down the pancakes.
31. Onomatopoeia
    EEEKKK!!!
32. The soda can winked at me invitingly from inside the fridge
    Personification
33. Hyperbole
    I am so full that I am about to burst.
34. Simile
    She is as thin as a toothpick.
35. The test was hard, but I passed with flying colors.
    Idiom
36. The class went absolutely bananas with free time.
    Idiom
37. Alliteration
    Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep to sleep.
38. Hyperbole
    I ran forever in PE today.
39. Personification
    The moon played hide and seek with the clouds.