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

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