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