anexaggerationfor effectshowingactionspecificname of aperson,place, orthingto be, am,is, are, was,were, has,have, hadany generalperson,place, orthingFANBOYSfor, and,nor, but,or, yet, soshow hownouns orpronounsrelate toother wordscompare twodissimilarthings usinglike/aswhen two ormore wordshave the samebeginningsounda wordthatmakes asoundwords thathave thesame endingsoundshe, she, it,they, her,him, thiers,ours, yoursa word thatdescribes averb andusually endswith -lyexpressionsthat shouldnot be takenliterallya wordthatdescribesa nountwo dissimilarthings withoutusing like/asgiving humanor lifelikequalities toan objectThe contrastbetweenexpectationand realitywriting that isnot poetry -organized insentences andparagraphslonger thana short story,but shorterthan a novelgroupedlines whichmay repeatin poetrylong works offiction thattell animaginarystoryalso knownas anexclamation!verbs thatare alwayspreceded bythe word "to"anexaggerationfor effectshowingactionspecificname of aperson,place, orthingto be, am,is, are, was,were, has,have, hadany generalperson,place, orthingFANBOYSfor, and,nor, but,or, yet, soshow hownouns orpronounsrelate toother wordscompare twodissimilarthings usinglike/aswhen two ormore wordshave the samebeginningsounda wordthatmakes asoundwords thathave thesame endingsoundshe, she, it,they, her,him, thiers,ours, yoursa word thatdescribes averb andusually endswith -lyexpressionsthat shouldnot be takenliterallya wordthatdescribesa nountwo dissimilarthings withoutusing like/asgiving humanor lifelikequalities toan objectThe contrastbetweenexpectationand realitywriting that isnot poetry -organized insentences andparagraphslonger thana short story,but shorterthan a novelgroupedlines whichmay repeatin poetrylong works offiction thattell animaginarystoryalso knownas anexclamation!verbs thatare alwayspreceded bythe word "to"

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