PERSONIFICATIONCONFLICTALLITERATIONMETAPHORCHARACTERHYPERBOLEIMAGERYNARRATIVESYMBOLISMRESOLUTIONDIRECTCHARACTERIZATIONIDIOMPROTAGONISTRISINGACTIONMOODSIMILEFORESHADOWINGSETTINGPROLOGUEFALLINGACTIONEPILOGUECLIMAXFIGURATIVELANGUAGEOXYMORONONOMATOPOEIATHEMEIRONYGENREANTAGONISTFLASHBACKDIALOGUETONEINDIRECTCHARACTERIZATIONEXPOSITIONAUTHORPLOTPERSONIFICATIONCONFLICTALLITERATIONMETAPHORCHARACTERHYPERBOLEIMAGERYNARRATIVESYMBOLISMRESOLUTIONDIRECTCHARACTERIZATIONIDIOMPROTAGONISTRISINGACTIONMOODSIMILEFORESHADOWINGSETTINGPROLOGUEFALLINGACTIONEPILOGUECLIMAXFIGURATIVELANGUAGEOXYMORONONOMATOPOEIATHEMEIRONYGENREANTAGONISTFLASHBACKDIALOGUETONEINDIRECTCHARACTERIZATIONEXPOSITIONAUTHORPLOT

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