Similehumancharacteristicsto somethingnon-humanQuiteas amouseThe windwhistledas it blewYour wordswere adagger tomy heart.My momis sweetas sugar.SIMILEThe signcried forourattentionThe windwhistledas it blewHe swimslike afish.AlliterationThe signcried forourattentionMETAPHORQuiteas amouseOxymoronHis hair wasas right as abasket oforanges.Timecrawled toa standstillMetaphorHer starefroze mein myplaceHe wasas sickas a dogAlliterationAll theworld’sa stageRhymePoetic Device:twocontradictory oropposite wordsappearing sideby side.SibilanceMy legs arejelly afterwalking allday.I am sohungry Icould eata horseSibilanceOxymoronHer loveburnedmeHyperboleHer newshit me likea ton ofbricksMetaphorHyperboleQuithorsingaroundSomethingthat is saidmore thanonceDirectlyrefers to onething bymentioninganother.A feathercould’veknockedme overShe ranlike thewindA comparisonthat directlycompareswithout usinglike or as.She ranlike thewindThe occurrenceof the sameletter at thebeginning of awordintentionallyusing a wordor phrase foreffect, two ormore timesThe roadwas a ribbonof moonlightover thepurple moorI smella ratRhymeMy bed isas hardas a rock.PatheticfallacyHer loveburnedmehumancharacteristicsto somethingnon-humanPatheticfallacyPersonificationPersonificationRepetitionThe field ofwheat wavedin the windlike a rollingsea.Timecrawled toa standstillMETAPHORQuithorsingaroundI am sohungry Icould eata horseSIMILEI smella ratMybrother'sroom is arat's nest.He has atemperlike avolcano.soundassociatedwith whatis nameThe classwas as noisyas a crowdat a footballgame.My brotherwalks slowlike a snail.RepetitionOnomatopoeiaHe wasas sickas a dogHer newshit me likea ton ofbricksA feathercould’veknockedme overSimileTears slidfrom myeyes like softraindrops.OnomatopoeiaHer starefroze mein myplaceSomething thatis exaggeratedor claims notmeant to betaken literally.Acomparisonusing likeor as.Similehumancharacteristicsto somethingnon-humanQuiteas amouseThe windwhistledas it blewYour wordswere adagger tomy heart.My momis sweetas sugar.SIMILEThe signcried forourattentionThe windwhistledas it blewHe swimslike afish.AlliterationThe signcried forourattentionMETAPHORQuiteas amouseOxymoronHis hair wasas right as abasket oforanges.Timecrawled toa standstillMetaphorHer starefroze mein myplaceHe wasas sickas a dogAlliterationAll theworld’sa stageRhymePoetic Device:twocontradictory oropposite wordsappearing sideby side.SibilanceMy legs arejelly afterwalking allday.I am sohungry Icould eata horseSibilanceOxymoronHer loveburnedmeHyperboleHer newshit me likea ton ofbricksMetaphorHyperboleQuithorsingaroundSomethingthat is saidmore thanonceDirectlyrefers to onething bymentioninganother.A feathercould’veknockedme overShe ranlike thewindA comparisonthat directlycompareswithout usinglike or as.She ranlike thewindThe occurrenceof the sameletter at thebeginning of awordintentionallyusing a wordor phrase foreffect, two ormore timesThe roadwas a ribbonof moonlightover thepurple moorI smella ratRhymeMy bed isas hardas a rock.PatheticfallacyHer loveburnedmehumancharacteristicsto somethingnon-humanPatheticfallacyPersonificationPersonificationRepetitionThe field ofwheat wavedin the windlike a rollingsea.Timecrawled toa standstillMETAPHORQuithorsingaroundI am sohungry Icould eata horseSIMILEI smella ratMybrother'sroom is arat's nest.He has atemperlike avolcano.soundassociatedwith whatis nameThe classwas as noisyas a crowdat a footballgame.My brotherwalks slowlike a snail.RepetitionOnomatopoeiaHe wasas sickas a dogHer newshit me likea ton ofbricksA feathercould’veknockedme overSimileTears slidfrom myeyes like softraindrops.OnomatopoeiaHer starefroze mein myplaceSomething thatis exaggeratedor claims notmeant to betaken literally.Acomparisonusing likeor as.

Similes and Metaphors - 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. Simile
  2. human characteristics to something non-human
  3. Quite as a mouse
  4. The wind whistled as it blew
  5. Your words were a dagger to my heart.
  6. My mom is sweet as sugar.
  7. SIMILE
  8. The sign cried for our attention
  9. The wind whistled as it blew
  10. He swims like a fish.
  11. Alliteration
  12. The sign cried for our attention
  13. METAPHOR
  14. Quite as a mouse
  15. Oxymoron
  16. His hair was as right as a basket of oranges.
  17. Time crawled to a stand still
  18. Metaphor
  19. Her stare froze me in my place
  20. He was as sick as a dog
  21. Alliteration
  22. All the world’s a stage
  23. Rhyme
  24. Poetic Device: two contradictory or opposite words appearing side by side.
  25. Sibilance
  26. My legs are jelly after walking all day.
  27. I am so hungry I could eat a horse
  28. Sibilance
  29. Oxymoron
  30. Her love burned me
  31. Hyperbole
  32. Her news hit me like a ton of bricks
  33. Metaphor
  34. Hyperbole
  35. Quit horsing around
  36. Something that is said more than once
  37. Directly refers to one thing by mentioning another.
  38. A feather could’ve knocked me over
  39. She ran like the wind
  40. A comparison that directly compares without using like or as.
  41. She ran like the wind
  42. The occurrence of the same letter at the beginning of a word
  43. intentionally using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times
  44. The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor
  45. I smell a rat
  46. Rhyme
  47. My bed is as hard as a rock.
  48. Pathetic fallacy
  49. Her love burned me
  50. human characteristics to something non-human
  51. Pathetic fallacy
  52. Personification
  53. Personification
  54. Repetition
  55. The field of wheat waved in the wind like a rolling sea.
  56. Time crawled to a stand still
  57. METAPHOR
  58. Quit horsing around
  59. I am so hungry I could eat a horse
  60. SIMILE
  61. I smell a rat
  62. My brother's room is a rat's nest.
  63. He has a temper like a volcano.
  64. sound associated with what is name
  65. The class was as noisy as a crowd at a football game.
  66. My brother walks slow like a snail.
  67. Repetition
  68. Onomatopoeia
  69. He was as sick as a dog
  70. Her news hit me like a ton of bricks
  71. A feather could’ve knocked me over
  72. Simile
  73. Tears slid from my eyes like soft raindrops.
  74. Onomatopoeia
  75. Her stare froze me in my place
  76. Something that is exaggerated or claims not meant to be taken literally.
  77. A comparison using like or as.