long works offiction thattell animaginarystoryexpressionsthat shouldnot be takenliterallywords thathave thesame endingsoundsThe contrastbetweenexpectationand realityto be, am,is, are, was,were, has,have, hadgroupedlines whichmay repeatin poetrywhen two ormore wordshave the samebeginningsoundanexaggerationfor effectany generalperson,place, orthingwriting that isnot poetry -organized insentences andparagraphsshowingactiona wordthatmakes asounda wordthatdescribesa nounverbs thatare alwayspreceded bythe word "to"giving humanor lifelikequalities toan objectshow hownouns orpronounsrelate toother wordstwo dissimilarthings withoutusing like/asalso knownas anexclamation!FANBOYSfor, and,nor, but,or, yet, solonger thana short story,but shorterthan a novelhe, she, it,they, her,him, thiers,ours, yoursa word thatdescribes averb andusually endswith -lyspecificname of aperson,place, orthingcompare twodissimilarthings usinglike/aslong works offiction thattell animaginarystoryexpressionsthat shouldnot be takenliterallywords thathave thesame endingsoundsThe contrastbetweenexpectationand realityto be, am,is, are, was,were, has,have, hadgroupedlines whichmay repeatin poetrywhen two ormore wordshave the samebeginningsoundanexaggerationfor effectany generalperson,place, orthingwriting that isnot poetry -organized insentences andparagraphsshowingactiona wordthatmakes asounda wordthatdescribesa nounverbs thatare alwayspreceded bythe word "to"giving humanor lifelikequalities toan objectshow hownouns orpronounsrelate toother wordstwo dissimilarthings withoutusing like/asalso knownas anexclamation!FANBOYSfor, and,nor, but,or, yet, solonger thana short story,but shorterthan a novelhe, she, it,they, her,him, thiers,ours, yoursa word thatdescribes averb andusually endswith -lyspecificname of aperson,place, orthingcompare twodissimilarthings usinglike/as

ELA Academic 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. long works of fiction that tell an imaginary story
  2. expressions that should not be taken literally
  3. words that have the same ending sounds
  4. The contrast between expectation and reality
  5. to be, am, is, are, was, were, has, have, had
  6. grouped lines which may repeat in poetry
  7. when two or more words have the same beginning sound
  8. an exaggeration for effect
  9. any general person, place, or thing
  10. writing that is not poetry - organized in sentences and paragraphs
  11. showing action
  12. a word that makes a sound
  13. a word that describes a noun
  14. verbs that are always preceded by the word "to"
  15. giving human or lifelike qualities to an object
  16. show how nouns or pronouns relate to other words
  17. two dissimilar things without using like/as
  18. also known as an exclamation !
  19. FANBOYS for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
  20. longer than a short story, but shorter than a novel
  21. he, she, it, they, her, him, thiers, ours, yours
  22. a word that describes a verb and usually ends with -ly
  23. specific name of a person, place, or thing
  24. compare two dissimilar things using like/as