level oflanguagewritingwith thepurpose ofexplaininga saying orexpressionspecific to agivenlanguagea questionwithout anexpectedanswergiving aninanimateobjecthumanqualitiescomparisonusing likeor asa device thatcaptures theduality ofthingsderissivetone ofvoiceplay onwordsother layersof meaningassociatedwith a wordallusionan overusedsaying1st, 2nd,3rdpersonare . . . ?clever useof languagefor comediceffectone thingthatrepresentsanotherrepeatingthe firstconsonantsoundtwocontradict-ory ideasdictionarymeaningof a wordsomethingunexpectedthat makesa pointa littlestory toillustratean ideacomparingone thingin terms ofanothercomparisonwithoutusing likeor aslanguagethatinvolvesimageryunpleasnatsoundslevel oflanguagewritingwith thepurpose ofexplaininga saying orexpressionspecific to agivenlanguagea questionwithout anexpectedanswergiving aninanimateobjecthumanqualitiescomparisonusing likeor asa device thatcaptures theduality ofthingsderissivetone ofvoiceplay onwordsother layersof meaningassociatedwith a wordallusionan overusedsaying1st, 2nd,3rdpersonare . . . ?clever useof languagefor comediceffectone thingthatrepresentsanotherrepeatingthe firstconsonantsoundtwocontradict-ory ideasdictionarymeaningof a wordsomethingunexpectedthat makesa pointa littlestory toillustratean ideacomparingone thingin terms ofanothercomparisonwithoutusing likeor aslanguagethatinvolvesimageryunpleasnatsounds

Literary Devices - 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. level of language
  2. writing with the purpose of explaining
  3. a saying or expression specific to a given language
  4. a question without an expected answer
  5. giving an inanimate object human qualities
  6. comparison using like or as
  7. a device that captures the duality of things
  8. derissive tone of voice
  9. play on words
  10. other layers of meaning associated with a word
  11. allusion
  12. an over used saying
  13. 1st, 2nd, 3rd person are . . . ?
  14. clever use of language for comedic effect
  15. one thing that represents another
  16. repeating the first consonant sound
  17. two contradict-ory ideas
  18. dictionary meaning of a word
  19. something unexpected that makes a point
  20. a little story to illustrate an idea
  21. comparing one thing in terms of another
  22. comparison without using like or as
  23. language that involves imagery
  24. unpleasnat sounds