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Literary Terms Bingo! - 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. the writer's attitude toward the subject matter
    tone
  2. a word that imitates its sound
    onomatopoeia
  3. the main character of a story
    protagonist
  4. the turning point of a story
    climax
  5. a reference to something outside the story
    allusion
  6. giving human characteristics to something that is non-human
    personification
  7. the message the author is trying to convey
    theme
  8. a conversation between two or more characters
    dialogue
  9. a character who does NOT change over the course of a story
    static character
  10. anything that works against the protagonist
    antagonist
  11. exaggerated statements
    hyperbole
  12. time and place of a story
    setting
  13. follows the climax and begins wrapping up conflicts
    falling action
  14. the perspective of the narrator
    point of view
  15. part of plot that introduces the characters, setting and conflict
    exposition
  16. an interruption in story to reflect on previous events
    flashback
  17. part of plot where most of the conflict occurs
    rising action
  18. an expression that is not literal
    idiom
  19. words that appeal to the five senses
    sensory imagery
  20. a character's struggle within his/her mind
    internal conflict
  21. comparing two unlike objects without using "like" or "as"
    metaphor
  22. a repeating consonant sound at the beginning of a series of words
    alliteration
  23. a character who changes over the course of the story
    dynamic character
  24. a thing that represents something else
    symbol
  25. comparing two unlike objects using "like" or "as"
    simile
  26. the main events of a story
    plot
  27. clues as to what is to come later in the story
    foreshadowing
  28. a character's struggle with an external force
    external conflict