Grammar Bingo - 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.

1. Giving human attributes to something that is not human
   Personification
2. A word commonly ending in -ly that describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb
   Adverb
3. The same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words
   Alliteration
4. A category that a word is assigned to based on it's purpose (noun, verb, adjective)
   Parts of Speech
5. An expression of non-literal meaning (Raining cats and dogs)
   Idiom
6. Joins clauses or sentences (But, while, when)
   Conjunction
7. Figure of speech that refers to one thing as another (heart of stone, time is money)
   Metaphor
8. Replaces a noun
   Pronoun
9. The use of symbols to represent ideas
   Symbolism
10. Hinting at something and not mentioning it specifically (living in a pineapple) spongebob
    Allusion
11. A generally small, common word that shows direction, location, or time (ON the deck, BY noon)
    Preposition
12. Exaggerated statements
    Hyperbole
13. Making a word out of a sound (Bam! Whoosh!)
    Onomatopoeia
14. Person, place, or thing
    Noun
15. An action word
    Verb
16. Describes a noun
    Adjective
17. A phrase or opinion that is overused and lacks original thought
    Cliche
18. Visually descriptive language
    Imagery
19. A way of expressing that does not use literal meaning. Used to add creative flourish to writing
    Figurative Language
20. Writing that means exactly what was written
    Literal Language
21. A comparison using like or as (brave as a lion)
    Simile
22. Free!
23. A short exclamation (Oh! Hi!)
    Interjection
24. Use of self-contradicting words (living dead, old news)
    Oxymoron