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

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