He called to herin a voice thatsounded like thewhine of anarrow whistlingin the wind.He opened hiseyes and smileda smile that litup the southernnightI felt my fear, sodeep inside me,float up and outinto the coolnightTheir facesturned aswhite asbleacheddesert bonesHe wore aten-dollarhat on a 5-cent headFree!The mightycyclonebucked,arched, andscreamed like awild bronco.All fifteenkids weregoing at oneanother toothand nailIt was so drythat all therivers turnedas powderyas biscuit flourI heard a noisethat made all theterror in theworld rise upand swallow mewhole.They’re sotough they cankick fire out offlint rock withtheir bare toesAll thesethoughtsflew throughmy mindThe night sky wasfilled with a millionlights, as thoughthe eyes of theancestors werewatchingSweat poureddown people’sfaces likewater down ahillWhen JohnHenry fell, itsounded likeanearthquakeHe teethed onhorseshoes insteadof teething ringsplayed with grizzlybears instead ofteddy bearsHe called to herin a voice thatsounded like thewhine of anarrow whistlingin the wind.He opened hiseyes and smileda smile that litup the southernnightI felt my fear, sodeep inside me,float up and outinto the coolnightTheir facesturned aswhite asbleacheddesert bonesHe wore aten-dollarhat on a 5-cent headFree!The mightycyclonebucked,arched, andscreamed like awild bronco.All fifteenkids weregoing at oneanother toothand nailIt was so drythat all therivers turnedas powderyas biscuit flourI heard a noisethat made all theterror in theworld rise upand swallow mewhole.They’re sotough they cankick fire out offlint rock withtheir bare toesAll thesethoughtsflew throughmy mindThe night sky wasfilled with a millionlights, as thoughthe eyes of theancestors werewatchingSweat poureddown people’sfaces likewater down ahillWhen JohnHenry fell, itsounded likeanearthquakeHe teethed onhorseshoes insteadof teething ringsplayed with grizzlybears instead ofteddy bears

Figurative language - 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. He called to her in a voice that sounded like the whine of an arrow whistling in the wind.
  2. He opened his eyes and smiled a smile that lit up the southern night
  3. I felt my fear, so deep inside me, float up and out into the cool night
  4. Their faces turned as white as bleached desert bones
  5. He wore a ten-dollar hat on a 5-cent head
  6. Free!
  7. The mighty cyclone bucked, arched, and screamed like a wild bronco.
  8. All fifteen kids were going at one another tooth and nail
  9. It was so dry that all the rivers turned as powdery as biscuit flour
  10. I heard a noise that made all the terror in the world rise up and swallow me whole.
  11. They’re so tough they can kick fire out of flint rock with their bare toes
  12. All these thoughts flew through my mind
  13. The night sky was filled with a million lights, as though the eyes of the ancestors were watching
  14. Sweat poured down people’s faces like water down a hill
  15. When John Henry fell, it sounded like an earthquake
  16. He teethed on horseshoes instead of teething rings played with grizzly bears instead of teddy bears