personifica-tionLife is anever-endinghighway.vividlanguageappealing tothe fivesensesYour heartis as largeas theocean.metaphorI will riselike thebreak ofdawn.rhymedescriptivewords tohelp readersimaginefigurativelanguageThe silversnow shinesin the nightsky.imageryalliterationa figure ofspeech in whicha thing, ananimal, or anidea is givenhuman qualitiesdirectcomparisonbetween twoitems usinglike or ascomparisonbetween twothingswithout likeor assimileThe treebranchestapped onmy window.You aretakingforever tosit down!a consonantsound repeatedat the beginningof two or morewordssimilarsoundingwords orsyllables at theend of lines"The fair breezeblew, the whitefoam flew, Thefurrow followedfree."usingexaggerationto make apointhyperboleHe is as tallas askyscraper.personifica-tionLife is anever-endinghighway.vividlanguageappealing tothe fivesensesYour heartis as largeas theocean.metaphorI will riselike thebreak ofdawn.rhymedescriptivewords tohelp readersimaginefigurativelanguageThe silversnow shinesin the nightsky.imageryalliterationa figure ofspeech in whicha thing, ananimal, or anidea is givenhuman qualitiesdirectcomparisonbetween twoitems usinglike or ascomparisonbetween twothingswithout likeor assimileThe treebranchestapped onmy window.You aretakingforever tosit down!a consonantsound repeatedat the beginningof two or morewordssimilarsoundingwords orsyllables at theend of lines"The fair breezeblew, the whitefoam flew, Thefurrow followedfree."usingexaggerationto make apointhyperboleHe is as tallas askyscraper.

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