also knownas anexclamation!expressionsthat shouldnot be takenliterallyhe, she, it,they, her,him, thiers,ours, yoursverbs thatare alwayspreceded bythe word "to"a wordthatmakes asoundany generalperson,place, orthinggiving humanor lifelikequalities toan objecta word thatdescribes averb andusually endswith -lycompare twodissimilarthings usinglike/asThe contrastbetweenexpectationand realitytwo dissimilarthings withoutusing like/asa wordthatdescribesa nounwhen two ormore wordshave the samebeginningsoundFANBOYSfor, and,nor, but,or, yet, soto be, am,is, are, was,were, has,have, hadwriting that isnot poetry -organized insentences andparagraphsshowingactionlong works offiction thattell animaginarystorywords thathave thesame endingsoundsshow hownouns orpronounsrelate toother wordslonger thana short story,but shorterthan a novelspecificname of aperson,place, orthinggroupedlines whichmay repeatin poetryanexaggerationfor effectalso knownas anexclamation!expressionsthat shouldnot be takenliterallyhe, she, it,they, her,him, thiers,ours, yoursverbs thatare alwayspreceded bythe word "to"a wordthatmakes asoundany generalperson,place, orthinggiving humanor lifelikequalities toan objecta word thatdescribes averb andusually endswith -lycompare twodissimilarthings usinglike/asThe contrastbetweenexpectationand realitytwo dissimilarthings withoutusing like/asa wordthatdescribesa nounwhen two ormore wordshave the samebeginningsoundFANBOYSfor, and,nor, but,or, yet, soto be, am,is, are, was,were, has,have, hadwriting that isnot poetry -organized insentences andparagraphsshowingactionlong works offiction thattell animaginarystorywords thathave thesame endingsoundsshow hownouns orpronounsrelate toother wordslonger thana short story,but shorterthan a novelspecificname of aperson,place, orthinggroupedlines whichmay repeatin poetryanexaggerationfor effect

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