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

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