Life is anever-endinghighway.I will riselike thebreak ofdawn.vividlanguageappealing tothe fivesensesdirectcomparisonbetween twoitems usinglike or asrhymeYour heartis as largeas theocean.metaphorYou aretakingforever tosit down!descriptivewords tohelp readersimaginecomparisonbetween twothingswithout likeor assimilepersonifica-tionalliterationusingexaggerationto make apointfigurativelanguagea consonantsound repeatedat the beginningof two or morewordsHe is as tallas askyscraper."The fair breezeblew, the whitefoam flew, Thefurrow followedfree."a figure ofspeech in whicha thing, ananimal, or anidea is givenhuman qualitiessimilarsoundingwords orsyllables at theend of linesThe silversnow shinesin the nightsky.imageryhyperboleThe treebranchestapped onmy window.Life is anever-endinghighway.I will riselike thebreak ofdawn.vividlanguageappealing tothe fivesensesdirectcomparisonbetween twoitems usinglike or asrhymeYour heartis as largeas theocean.metaphorYou aretakingforever tosit down!descriptivewords tohelp readersimaginecomparisonbetween twothingswithout likeor assimilepersonifica-tionalliterationusingexaggerationto make apointfigurativelanguagea consonantsound repeatedat the beginningof two or morewordsHe is as tallas askyscraper."The fair breezeblew, the whitefoam flew, Thefurrow followedfree."a figure ofspeech in whicha thing, ananimal, or anidea is givenhuman qualitiessimilarsoundingwords orsyllables at theend of linesThe silversnow shinesin the nightsky.imageryhyperboleThe treebranchestapped onmy window.

Figurative Language Terms - 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. Life is a never-ending highway.
  2. I will rise like the break of dawn.
  3. vivid language appealing to the five senses
  4. direct comparison between two items using like or as
  5. rhyme
  6. Your heart is as large as the ocean.
  7. metaphor
  8. You are taking forever to sit down!
  9. descriptive words to help readers imagine
  10. comparison between two things without like or as
  11. simile
  12. personifica-tion
  13. alliteration
  14. using exaggeration to make a point
  15. figurative language
  16. a consonant sound repeated at the beginning of two or more words
  17. He is as tall as a skyscraper.
  18. "The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free."
  19. a figure of speech in which a thing, an animal, or an idea is given human qualities
  20. similar sounding words or syllables at the end of lines
  21. The silver snow shines in the night sky.
  22. imagery
  23. hyperbole
  24. The tree branches tapped on my window.