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

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