Example: “Andmother and childwere devoured byswift flames ofvermillion”____________Example: “Heeats the sweettreats”____________Example: “Gleamlike a prisoner’schain. She goes upthe mound. Tall andslim like a sugarcane”________________________Humancharacteristicsare given tonon-humanthings.Example: “Ithisses as itruns andspreads itshood”____________Example: “Patakiand mustardflowers, like blueand yellow eyes”____________Example: “Allconsumed bythe crimson”________________________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: “GiveBack the Human,give back myfather, give backmy mother”________________________ Thisis when a word hasthe same end soundas another word.Sometimes, theydon’t need to be speltthe same to soundthe same.____________When a poetuses repetition,he or sherepeats words orideas.Example:“Drink deep ofthe hush of thehyacinthheavens”________________________ Itis a comparisonthat asks you toimagine one thingas being another.____________When a poetrepeatsidentical vowelsounds.Example: “Andmother and childwere devoured byswift flames ofvermillion”____________Example: “Heeats the sweettreats”____________Example: “Gleamlike a prisoner’schain. She goes upthe mound. Tall andslim like a sugarcane”________________________Humancharacteristicsare given tonon-humanthings.Example: “Ithisses as itruns andspreads itshood”____________Example: “Patakiand mustardflowers, like blueand yellow eyes”____________Example: “Allconsumed bythe crimson”________________________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: “GiveBack the Human,give back myfather, give backmy mother”________________________ Thisis when a word hasthe same end soundas another word.Sometimes, theydon’t need to be speltthe same to soundthe same.____________When a poetuses repetition,he or sherepeats words orideas.Example:“Drink deep ofthe hush of thehyacinthheavens”________________________ Itis a comparisonthat asks you toimagine one thingas being another.____________When a poetrepeatsidentical vowelsounds.

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