____________Humancharacteristicsare given tonon-humanthings.Example: “GiveBack the Human,give back myfather, give backmy mother”________________________When a poetrepeatsconsonants,especially at thebeginning ofwords.____________Name given tosound words –words that echo theactual sound madeby people, animalsor things.Example: “Heeats the sweettreats”________________________ Whena poet uses a similehe or she picturesone thing as beingsimilar to another,using the words ‘like’,as’ or ‘than’____________When a poetrepeatsidentical vowelsounds.____________ Itis a comparisonthat asks you toimagine one thingas being another.____________When a poetuses repetition,he or sherepeats words orideas.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.Example: “Andmother and childwere devoured byswift flames ofvermillion”____________Example:“Drink deep ofthe hush of thehyacinthheavens”____________Example: “Patakiand mustardflowers, like blueand yellow eyes”____________Example: “Gleamlike a prisoner’schain. She goes upthe mound. Tall andslim like a sugarcane”____________Example: “Allconsumed bythe crimson”________________________Humancharacteristicsare given tonon-humanthings.Example: “GiveBack the Human,give back myfather, give backmy mother”________________________When a poetrepeatsconsonants,especially at thebeginning ofwords.____________Name given tosound words –words that echo theactual sound madeby people, animalsor things.Example: “Heeats the sweettreats”________________________ Whena poet uses a similehe or she picturesone thing as beingsimilar to another,using the words ‘like’,as’ or ‘than’____________When a poetrepeatsidentical vowelsounds.____________ Itis a comparisonthat asks you toimagine one thingas being another.____________When a poetuses repetition,he or sherepeats words orideas.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.Example: “Andmother and childwere devoured byswift flames ofvermillion”____________Example:“Drink deep ofthe hush of thehyacinthheavens”____________Example: “Patakiand mustardflowers, like blueand yellow eyes”____________Example: “Gleamlike a prisoner’schain. She goes upthe mound. Tall andslim like a sugarcane”____________Example: “Allconsumed bythe crimson”____________

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