FlashbackPlot goesback intime for asceneImageryUses sensorylanguage tocreate apicture for thereaderPlotWhathappensin a storyAudienceThosewhom theauthor waswriting forJuxtapositionWhenopposites areplaced next toeach other toemphasizedifferencesGenreCategoryofliteratureConflictProblemthecharacterfacesCharacterizationAcharacter'spersonalityIronyPlays with thedifferences betweenappearances andreality, or betweenmeaning and thewords used toconvey that meaning.ThemeAuthor'smessageto thereaderContextBackgroundinfo needed fora topic to makesense to theaudienceAntagonistcharacter orforce thatworksagainst theprotagonistToneauthor'sattitudetowardsthe subjectSyntaxsentencestructurePathosemotion theauthorintends forthe audienceto feelForeshadowingHints atwhat's tocomePointof ViewWho'stellingthe storyProtagonistmaincharacter,usuallythe heroSettingWhere andwhen astory takesplaceAtmosphereFeelingcreatedby thesettingFigurativeLanguagemetaphor,pun,oxymoron,alliterationAllusionBriefreference tosomethingwell knownDictionauthor'spurposefulwordchoiceSymbolismthing thatrepresentsanother thingthat is usuallylarger and moreabstractFlashbackPlot goesback intime for asceneImageryUses sensorylanguage tocreate apicture for thereaderPlotWhathappensin a storyAudienceThosewhom theauthor waswriting forJuxtapositionWhenopposites areplaced next toeach other toemphasizedifferencesGenreCategoryofliteratureConflictProblemthecharacterfacesCharacterizationAcharacter'spersonalityIronyPlays with thedifferences betweenappearances andreality, or betweenmeaning and thewords used toconvey that meaning.ThemeAuthor'smessageto thereaderContextBackgroundinfo needed fora topic to makesense to theaudienceAntagonistcharacter orforce thatworksagainst theprotagonistToneauthor'sattitudetowardsthe subjectSyntaxsentencestructurePathosemotion theauthorintends forthe audienceto feelForeshadowingHints atwhat's tocomePointof ViewWho'stellingthe storyProtagonistmaincharacter,usuallythe heroSettingWhere andwhen astory takesplaceAtmosphereFeelingcreatedby thesettingFigurativeLanguagemetaphor,pun,oxymoron,alliterationAllusionBriefreference tosomethingwell knownDictionauthor'spurposefulwordchoiceSymbolismthing 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. Plot goes back in time for a scene
    Flashback
  2. Uses sensory language to create a picture for the reader
    Imagery
  3. What happens in a story
    Plot
  4. Those whom the author was writing for
    Audience
  5. When opposites are placed next to each other to emphasize differences
    Juxtaposition
  6. Category of literature
    Genre
  7. Problem the character faces
    Conflict
  8. A character's personality
    Characterization
  9. Plays with the differences between appearances and reality, or between meaning and the words used to convey that meaning.
    Irony
  10. Author's message to the reader
    Theme
  11. Background info needed for a topic to make sense to the audience
    Context
  12. character or force that works against the protagonist
    Antagonist
  13. author's attitude towards the subject
    Tone
  14. sentence structure
    Syntax
  15. emotion the author intends for the audience to feel
    Pathos
  16. Hints at what's to come
    Foreshadowing
  17. Who's telling the story
    Point of View
  18. main character, usually the hero
    Protagonist
  19. Where and when a story takes place
    Setting
  20. Feeling created by the setting
    Atmosphere
  21. metaphor, pun, oxymoron, alliteration
    Figurative Language
  22. Brief reference to something well known
    Allusion
  23. author's purposeful word choice
    Diction
  24. thing that represents another thing that is usually larger and more abstract
    Symbolism