AUTHORNARRATIVEIDIOMGENREHYPERBOLEINDIRECTCHARACTERIZATIONPROTAGONISTMETAPHORTHEMEIRONYCHARACTERFALLINGACTIONSIMILEEPILOGUEDIALOGUEFORESHADOWINGANTAGONISTCLIMAXONOMATOPOEIAEXPOSITIONRISINGACTIONSYMBOLISMCONFLICTFLASHBACKMOODIMAGERYFIGURATIVELANGUAGEOXYMORONALLITERATIONTONEDIRECTCHARACTERIZATIONPLOTPROLOGUESETTINGPERSONIFICATIONRESOLUTIONAUTHORNARRATIVEIDIOMGENREHYPERBOLEINDIRECTCHARACTERIZATIONPROTAGONISTMETAPHORTHEMEIRONYCHARACTERFALLINGACTIONSIMILEEPILOGUEDIALOGUEFORESHADOWINGANTAGONISTCLIMAXONOMATOPOEIAEXPOSITIONRISINGACTIONSYMBOLISMCONFLICTFLASHBACKMOODIMAGERYFIGURATIVELANGUAGEOXYMORONALLITERATIONTONEDIRECTCHARACTERIZATIONPLOTPROLOGUESETTINGPERSONIFICATIONRESOLUTION

March is Reading Month: 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. AUTHOR
  2. NARRATIVE
  3. IDIOM
  4. GENRE
  5. HYPERBOLE
  6. INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION
  7. PROTAGONIST
  8. METAPHOR
  9. THEME
  10. IRONY
  11. CHARACTER
  12. FALLING ACTION
  13. SIMILE
  14. EPILOGUE
  15. DIALOGUE
  16. FORESHADOWING
  17. ANTAGONIST
  18. CLIMAX
  19. ONOMATOPOEIA
  20. EXPOSITION
  21. RISING ACTION
  22. SYMBOLISM
  23. CONFLICT
  24. FLASHBACK
  25. MOOD
  26. IMAGERY
  27. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
  28. OXYMORON
  29. ALLITERATION
  30. TONE
  31. DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION
  32. PLOT
  33. PROLOGUE
  34. SETTING
  35. PERSONIFICATION
  36. RESOLUTION