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

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. ____________ It is a comparison that asks you to imagine one thing as being another.
  2. Example: “Pataki and mustard flowers, like blue and yellow eyes” ____________
  3. ____________ When a poet uses a simile he or she pictures one thing as being similar to another, using the words ‘like’, as’ or ‘than’
  4. Example: “It hisses as it runs and spreads its hood” ____________
  5. ____________ When a poet uses repetition, he or she repeats words or ideas.
  6. Example: “He eats the sweet treats” ____________
  7. Example: “And mother and child were devoured by swift flames of vermillion” ____________
  8. ____________ When a poet repeats identical vowel sounds.
  9. Example: “All consumed by the crimson” ____________
  10. Example: “Drink deep of the hush of the hyacinth heavens” ____________
  11. Example: “Give Back the Human, give back my father, give back my mother” ____________
  12. Example: “Gleam like a prisoner’s chain. She goes up the mound. Tall and slim like a sugar cane” ____________
  13. ____________ When a poet repeats consonants, especially at the beginning of words.
  14. ____________ Human characteristics are given to non-human things.
  15. ____________ Name given to sound words – words that echo the actual sound made by people, animals or things.
  16. ____________ 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.