(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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Comparing two things without using like or as (ex: Baby you’re a firework; My heart’s a stereo)
Give hints or clues about what will happen later in the story.
Comparing two things by using like or as (ex: stuck on you like glue; as hungry as a horse)
To effect, influence, or change.
The lesson or moral of the story; What does the author want you to learn about life
Why something is important, good or helpful
The events in a story
Describing an object by using human terms (ex: the trees danced in the wind)
Help, support, show, add to
Shows how 2 things are similar or alike
Using descriptive words and phrases to create images in a reader’s head.
To help form or support an idea
One group of lines in a poem. It is separated by a space from other stanzas. It is like a paragraph for poems.
Why something is important; what something means
The pattern of rhyming words in a poem: ABBA ABAB CDDC CDCD
An author’s opinion or position
The person who is telling the story or poem.
How a character or the author sees something. Their view or opinions on a situation.
To impact or change something
Figure something out for yourself something that was not directly stated in the text
Not literal, the author doesn’t actually mean what they are saying. They are being creative.
Using a physical object to represent an abstract idea (ex: river represents a journey, a storm represents trouble)
