Example: “GiveBack the Human,give back myfather, give backmy mother”____________Example: “Andmother and childwere devoured byswift flames ofvermillion”____________Example: “Patakiand mustardflowers, like blueand yellow eyes”________________________When a poetrepeatsconsonants,especially at thebeginning ofwords.____________ 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:“Drink deep ofthe hush of thehyacinthheavens”____________Example: “Gleamlike a prisoner’schain. She goes upthe mound. Tall andslim like a sugarcane”________________________ Itis a comparisonthat asks you toimagine one thingas being another.Example: “Ithisses as itruns andspreads itshood”____________Example: “Heeats the sweettreats”________________________When a poetuses repetition,he or sherepeats words orideas.____________Name given tosound words –words that echo theactual sound madeby people, animalsor things.____________Humancharacteristicsare given tonon-humanthings.____________When a poetrepeatsidentical vowelsounds.____________ Whena poet uses a similehe or she picturesone thing as beingsimilar to another,using the words ‘like’,as’ or ‘than’Example: “GiveBack the Human,give back myfather, give backmy mother”____________Example: “Andmother and childwere devoured byswift flames ofvermillion”____________Example: “Patakiand mustardflowers, like blueand yellow eyes”________________________When a poetrepeatsconsonants,especially at thebeginning ofwords.____________ 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:“Drink deep ofthe hush of thehyacinthheavens”____________Example: “Gleamlike a prisoner’schain. She goes upthe mound. Tall andslim like a sugarcane”________________________ Itis a comparisonthat asks you toimagine one thingas being another.Example: “Ithisses as itruns andspreads itshood”____________Example: “Heeats the sweettreats”________________________When a poetuses repetition,he or sherepeats words orideas.____________Name given tosound words –words that echo theactual sound madeby people, animalsor things.____________Humancharacteristicsare given tonon-humanthings.____________When a poetrepeatsidentical vowelsounds.____________ Whena poet uses a similehe or she picturesone thing as beingsimilar to another,using the words ‘like’,as’ or ‘than’

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