ForeshadowingHints atwhat's tocomeAudienceThosewhom theauthor waswriting forAntagonistcharacter orforce thatworksagainst theprotagonistAllusionBriefreference tosomethingwell knownPlotWhathappensin a storySettingWhere andwhen astory takesplaceImageryUses sensorylanguage tocreate apicture for thereaderPointof ViewWho'stellingthe storyToneauthor'sattitudetowardsthe subjectThemeAuthor'smessageto thereaderPathosemotion theauthorintends forthe audienceto feelDictionauthor'spurposefulwordchoiceConflictProblemthecharacterfacesFigurativeLanguagemetaphor,pun,oxymoron,alliterationCharacterizationAcharacter'spersonalityIronyPlays with thedifferences betweenappearances andreality, or betweenmeaning and thewords used toconvey that meaning.Protagonistmaincharacter,usuallythe heroJuxtapositionWhenopposites areplaced next toeach other toemphasizedifferencesGenreCategoryofliteratureFlashbackPlot goesback intime for asceneAtmosphereFeelingcreatedby thesettingSyntaxsentencestructureContextBackgroundinfo needed fora topic to makesense to theaudienceSymbolismthing thatrepresentsanother thingthat is usuallylarger and moreabstractForeshadowingHints atwhat's tocomeAudienceThosewhom theauthor waswriting forAntagonistcharacter orforce thatworksagainst theprotagonistAllusionBriefreference tosomethingwell knownPlotWhathappensin a storySettingWhere andwhen astory takesplaceImageryUses sensorylanguage tocreate apicture for thereaderPointof ViewWho'stellingthe storyToneauthor'sattitudetowardsthe subjectThemeAuthor'smessageto thereaderPathosemotion theauthorintends forthe audienceto feelDictionauthor'spurposefulwordchoiceConflictProblemthecharacterfacesFigurativeLanguagemetaphor,pun,oxymoron,alliterationCharacterizationAcharacter'spersonalityIronyPlays with thedifferences betweenappearances andreality, or betweenmeaning and thewords used toconvey that meaning.Protagonistmaincharacter,usuallythe heroJuxtapositionWhenopposites areplaced next toeach other toemphasizedifferencesGenreCategoryofliteratureFlashbackPlot goesback intime for asceneAtmosphereFeelingcreatedby thesettingSyntaxsentencestructureContextBackgroundinfo needed fora topic to makesense to theaudienceSymbolismthing thatrepresentsanother thingthat is usuallylarger and moreabstract

The Language of Fiction - 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. Hints at what's to come
    Foreshadowing
  2. Those whom the author was writing for
    Audience
  3. character or force that works against the protagonist
    Antagonist
  4. Brief reference to something well known
    Allusion
  5. What happens in a story
    Plot
  6. Where and when a story takes place
    Setting
  7. Uses sensory language to create a picture for the reader
    Imagery
  8. Who's telling the story
    Point of View
  9. author's attitude towards the subject
    Tone
  10. Author's message to the reader
    Theme
  11. emotion the author intends for the audience to feel
    Pathos
  12. author's purposeful word choice
    Diction
  13. Problem the character faces
    Conflict
  14. metaphor, pun, oxymoron, alliteration
    Figurative Language
  15. A character's personality
    Characterization
  16. Plays with the differences between appearances and reality, or between meaning and the words used to convey that meaning.
    Irony
  17. main character, usually the hero
    Protagonist
  18. When opposites are placed next to each other to emphasize differences
    Juxtaposition
  19. Category of literature
    Genre
  20. Plot goes back in time for a scene
    Flashback
  21. Feeling created by the setting
    Atmosphere
  22. sentence structure
    Syntax
  23. Background info needed for a topic to make sense to the audience
    Context
  24. thing that represents another thing that is usually larger and more abstract
    Symbolism