Example: “Patakiand mustardflowers, like blueand yellow eyes”________________________When a poetuses repetition,he or sherepeats words orideas.Example: “Heeats the sweettreats”____________Example: “GiveBack the Human,give back myfather, give backmy mother”________________________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: “Gleamlike a prisoner’schain. She goes upthe mound. Tall andslim like a sugarcane”____________Example:“Drink deep ofthe hush of thehyacinthheavens”____________Example: “Allconsumed bythe crimson”____________Example: “Andmother and childwere devoured byswift flames ofvermillion”________________________ Itis a comparisonthat asks you toimagine one thingas being another.____________When a poetrepeatsidentical vowelsounds.____________Humancharacteristicsare given tonon-humanthings.____________ 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.Example: “Ithisses as itruns andspreads itshood”____________Example: “Patakiand mustardflowers, like blueand yellow eyes”________________________When a poetuses repetition,he or sherepeats words orideas.Example: “Heeats the sweettreats”____________Example: “GiveBack the Human,give back myfather, give backmy mother”________________________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: “Gleamlike a prisoner’schain. She goes upthe mound. Tall andslim like a sugarcane”____________Example:“Drink deep ofthe hush of thehyacinthheavens”____________Example: “Allconsumed bythe crimson”____________Example: “Andmother and childwere devoured byswift flames ofvermillion”________________________ Itis a comparisonthat asks you toimagine one thingas being another.____________When a poetrepeatsidentical vowelsounds.____________Humancharacteristicsare given tonon-humanthings.____________ 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.Example: “Ithisses as itruns andspreads itshood”____________

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