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.

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