____________ Whena poet uses a similehe or she picturesone thing as beingsimilar to another,using the words ‘like’,as’ or ‘than’____________Name given tosound words –words that echo theactual sound madeby people, animalsor things.Example: “Heeats the sweettreats”________________________ Itis a comparisonthat asks you toimagine one thingas being another.Example: “GiveBack the Human,give back myfather, give backmy mother”____________Example: “Patakiand mustardflowers, like blueand yellow eyes”________________________When a poetuses repetition,he or sherepeats words orideas.Example: “Andmother and childwere devoured byswift flames ofvermillion”____________Example:“Drink deep ofthe hush of thehyacinthheavens”____________Example: “Allconsumed bythe crimson”________________________Humancharacteristicsare given tonon-humanthings.Example: “Gleamlike a prisoner’schain. She goes upthe mound. Tall andslim like a sugarcane”____________Example: “Ithisses as itruns andspreads itshood”________________________ Thisis when a word hasthe same end soundas another word.Sometimes, theydon’t need to be speltthe same to soundthe same.____________When a poetrepeatsidentical vowelsounds.____________When a poetrepeatsconsonants,especially at thebeginning ofwords.____________ Whena poet uses a similehe or she picturesone thing as beingsimilar to another,using the words ‘like’,as’ or ‘than’____________Name given tosound words –words that echo theactual sound madeby people, animalsor things.Example: “Heeats the sweettreats”________________________ Itis a comparisonthat asks you toimagine one thingas being another.Example: “GiveBack the Human,give back myfather, give backmy mother”____________Example: “Patakiand mustardflowers, like blueand yellow eyes”________________________When a poetuses repetition,he or sherepeats words orideas.Example: “Andmother and childwere devoured byswift flames ofvermillion”____________Example:“Drink deep ofthe hush of thehyacinthheavens”____________Example: “Allconsumed bythe crimson”________________________Humancharacteristicsare given tonon-humanthings.Example: “Gleamlike a prisoner’schain. She goes upthe mound. Tall andslim like a sugarcane”____________Example: “Ithisses as itruns andspreads itshood”________________________ Thisis when a word hasthe same end soundas another word.Sometimes, theydon’t need to be speltthe same to soundthe same.____________When a poetrepeatsidentical vowelsounds.____________When a poetrepeatsconsonants,especially at thebeginning ofwords.

Poetic Techniques - 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. ____________ When a poet uses a simile he or she pictures one thing as being similar to another, using the words ‘like’, as’ or ‘than’
  2. ____________ Name given to sound words – words that echo the actual sound made by people, animals or things.
  3. Example: “He eats the sweet treats” ____________
  4. ____________ It is a comparison that asks you to imagine one thing as being another.
  5. Example: “Give Back the Human, give back my father, give back my mother” ____________
  6. Example: “Pataki and mustard flowers, like blue and yellow eyes” ____________
  7. ____________ When a poet uses repetition, he or she repeats words or ideas.
  8. Example: “And mother and child were devoured by swift flames of vermillion” ____________
  9. Example: “Drink deep of the hush of the hyacinth heavens” ____________
  10. Example: “All consumed by the crimson” ____________
  11. ____________ Human characteristics are given to non-human things.
  12. Example: “Gleam like a prisoner’s chain. She goes up the mound. Tall and slim like a sugar cane” ____________
  13. Example: “It hisses as it runs and spreads its hood” ____________
  14. ____________ This is when a word has the same end sound as another word. Sometimes, they don’t need to be spelt the same to sound the same.
  15. ____________ When a poet repeats identical vowel sounds.
  16. ____________ When a poet repeats consonants, especially at the beginning of words.