LITERARY DEVICES 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.

1. comparison using like/as
2. repetition of initial consonant sounds
3. giving human qualities to an object
4. dictionary definition
5. speaking directly to someone who is absent
6. over used saying
7. extended comparison
8. associated extra meaning
9. a word play
10. repetition of final consonant sounds
11. veiled message
12. exaggerate
13. repetition of vowel sounds
14. small story
15. combo of unpleasant sounds
16. humour to educate
17. combo of pleasant sounds
18. reference to a famous person or event
19. saying particular to a language
20. comparison
21. writing to explain
22. a widely accepted principle
23. substitution of an object to represent an idea
24. mimicking sounds