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”________________________Name given tosound words –words that echo theactual sound madeby people, animalsor things.Example: “Andmother and childwere devoured byswift flames ofvermillion”________________________When a poetrepeatsidentical vowelsounds.____________ Itis a comparisonthat asks you toimagine one thingas being another.____________When a poetrepeatsconsonants,especially at thebeginning ofwords.Example: “Heeats the sweettreats”____________Example: “Allconsumed bythe crimson”____________Example:“Drink deep ofthe hush of thehyacinthheavens”________________________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.____________Humancharacteristicsare given tonon-humanthings.Example: “GiveBack the Human,give back myfather, give backmy mother”____________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”________________________Name given tosound words –words that echo theactual sound madeby people, animalsor things.Example: “Andmother and childwere devoured byswift flames ofvermillion”________________________When a poetrepeatsidentical vowelsounds.____________ Itis a comparisonthat asks you toimagine one thingas being another.____________When a poetrepeatsconsonants,especially at thebeginning ofwords.Example: “Heeats the sweettreats”____________Example: “Allconsumed bythe crimson”____________Example:“Drink deep ofthe hush of thehyacinthheavens”________________________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.____________Humancharacteristicsare given tonon-humanthings.Example: “GiveBack the Human,give back myfather, give backmy mother”____________

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