personificationgivinginanimateobjectshumancharacteristicsimagerydescriptionengaging 1or more ofyour 5sensesplotsequenceof mainevents inthe storyfreeversepoem withno meteror rhymestanzaa sectionof poetry ina poem; averseconflictinternal orexternal;an elementof plotquatraina fourlinestanzaallusionreference tosomeone/somethingwell knowniambicpentameter10syllablelines of 5feettoneauthor'sattitudetoward thesubjectironylanguagethat conveyscertain ideasby sayingthe oppositesimilecomparisonusing "like"or "as"climaxemotionalpeak ofthe storysoliloquymonologuein whichaudiencehears but notcharactersforeshadowingauthor givesclues aboutwhat willhappen nextcoupletsa pair ofrhyming linesseparatefrom the restof the poemalliterationrepeatingfirstconsonantsoundsthemethe centralidea orlesson astoryconveys1stpersonpoint ofviewI, me,mymetaphorComparisonnot using"like" or"as"onomatopoeiasoundwordshyperboleextremeexaggerationsonnet14 linepoem iniambicpentameteranalogyacomparisonon basis ofstructureassonancerepetitionof vowelsoundsparadoxa seemingcontradictionmonologuelongspeech byonecharacterdenouementtying uplooseends inthe storymoodthe feelinga readergets fromthe writingcontrastto explainhow twothingsdiffersymbolismone thingrepresentsanotheroftenabstract ideablankversepoem withmeter but norhyme; ofteniambicpentametercharacterizationpersonality ofa characterdisplayed byactions anddialoguegenrea kind ofstyle in artorliteraturelyricpoetry thatexpressespoet'semotionspersonificationgivinginanimateobjectshumancharacteristicsimagerydescriptionengaging 1or more ofyour 5sensesplotsequenceof mainevents inthe storyfreeversepoem withno meteror rhymestanzaa sectionof poetry ina poem; averseconflictinternal orexternal;an elementof plotquatraina fourlinestanzaallusionreference tosomeone/somethingwell knowniambicpentameter10syllablelines of 5feettoneauthor'sattitudetoward thesubjectironylanguagethat conveyscertain ideasby sayingthe oppositesimilecomparisonusing "like"or "as"climaxemotionalpeak ofthe storysoliloquymonologuein whichaudiencehears but notcharactersforeshadowingauthor givesclues aboutwhat willhappen nextcoupletsa pair ofrhyming linesseparatefrom the restof the poemalliterationrepeatingfirstconsonantsoundsthemethe centralidea orlesson astoryconveys1stpersonpoint ofviewI, me,mymetaphorComparisonnot using"like" or"as"onomatopoeiasoundwordshyperboleextremeexaggerationsonnet14 linepoem iniambicpentameteranalogyacomparisonon basis ofstructureassonancerepetitionof vowelsoundsparadoxa seemingcontradictionmonologuelongspeech byonecharacterdenouementtying uplooseends inthe storymoodthe feelinga readergets fromthe writingcontrastto explainhow twothingsdiffersymbolismone thingrepresentsanotheroftenabstract ideablankversepoem withmeter but norhyme; ofteniambicpentametercharacterizationpersonality ofa characterdisplayed byactions anddialoguegenrea kind ofstyle in artorliteraturelyricpoetry thatexpressespoet'semotions

Literary 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. giving inanimate objects human characteristics
    personification
  2. description engaging 1 or more of your 5 senses
    imagery
  3. sequence of main events in the story
    plot
  4. poem with no meter or rhyme
    free verse
  5. a section of poetry in a poem; a verse
    stanza
  6. internal or external; an element of plot
    conflict
  7. a four line stanza
    quatrain
  8. reference to someone/something well known
    allusion
  9. 10 syllable lines of 5 feet
    iambic pentameter
  10. author's attitude toward the subject
    tone
  11. language that conveys certain ideas by saying the opposite
    irony
  12. comparison using "like" or "as"
    simile
  13. emotional peak of the story
    climax
  14. monologue in which audience hears but not characters
    soliloquy
  15. author gives clues about what will happen next
    foreshadowing
  16. a pair of rhyming lines separate from the rest of the poem
    couplets
  17. repeating first consonant sounds
    alliteration
  18. the central idea or lesson a story conveys
    theme
  19. I, me, my
    1st person point of view
  20. Comparison not using "like" or "as"
    metaphor
  21. sound words
    onomatopoeia
  22. extreme exaggeration
    hyperbole
  23. 14 line poem in iambic pentameter
    sonnet
  24. a comparison on basis of structure
    analogy
  25. repetition of vowel sounds
    assonance
  26. a seeming contradiction
    paradox
  27. long speech by one character
    monologue
  28. tying up loose ends in the story
    denouement
  29. the feeling a reader gets from the writing
    mood
  30. to explain how two things differ
    contrast
  31. one thing represents another often abstract idea
    symbolism
  32. poem with meter but no rhyme; often iambic pentameter
    blank verse
  33. personality of a character displayed by actions and dialogue
    characterization
  34. a kind of style in art or literature
    genre
  35. poetry that expresses poet's emotions
    lyric