figurativelanguageI will riselike thebreak ofdawn.He is as tallas askyscraper.a consonantsound repeatedat the beginningof two or morewordsYou aretakingforever tosit down!similarsoundingwords orsyllables at theend of linessimilepersonifica-tionLife is anever-endinghighway.usingexaggerationto make apointdirectcomparisonbetween twoitems usinglike or as"The fair breezeblew, the whitefoam flew, Thefurrow followedfree."Your heartis as largeas theocean.rhymeimageryhyperbolemetaphordescriptivewords tohelp readersimaginealliterationa figure ofspeech in whicha thing, ananimal, or anidea is givenhuman qualitiesThe treebranchestapped onmy window.vividlanguageappealing tothe fivesensesThe silversnow shinesin the nightsky.comparisonbetween twothingswithout likeor asfigurativelanguageI will riselike thebreak ofdawn.He is as tallas askyscraper.a consonantsound repeatedat the beginningof two or morewordsYou aretakingforever tosit down!similarsoundingwords orsyllables at theend of linessimilepersonifica-tionLife is anever-endinghighway.usingexaggerationto make apointdirectcomparisonbetween twoitems usinglike or as"The fair breezeblew, the whitefoam flew, Thefurrow followedfree."Your heartis as largeas theocean.rhymeimageryhyperbolemetaphordescriptivewords tohelp readersimaginealliterationa figure ofspeech in whicha thing, ananimal, or anidea is givenhuman qualitiesThe treebranchestapped onmy window.vividlanguageappealing tothe fivesensesThe silversnow shinesin the nightsky.comparisonbetween twothingswithout likeor as

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