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

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