author's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjecta character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethingarrangementof words orphrasesuse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimagesa sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truthan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"the whereand thewhen of astoryhow the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanotherwhen a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepasttype ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestoryfigurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordscan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite waythe strugglebetween twoopposingforcesAnauthor’sreason forwritingcharacter,or voice,telling astory emotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningthe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endan implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingslinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideapeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astorycentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifewords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)what thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worldliterary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordsliterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestorythe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjecta character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethingarrangementof words orphrasesuse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimagesa sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truthan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"the whereand thewhen of astoryhow the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanotherwhen a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepasttype ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestoryfigurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordscan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite waythe strugglebetween twoopposingforcesAnauthor’sreason forwritingcharacter,or voice,telling astory emotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningthe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endan implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingslinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideapeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astorycentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifewords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)what thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worldliterary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordsliterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestorythe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effect

Literary Elements - 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's, speaker's, or narrator's attitude toward a subject
  2. a character's particular attitude toward something
  3. arrangement of words or phrases
  4. use of words and phrases to create mental images
  5. a sentence or a phrase that appears contradictory, but implies some kind truth
  6. an explicit comparison, almost always includes the words “like” and “as"
  7. the where and the when of a story
  8. how the events of a story are ordered and how they are related to one another
  9. when a narrator is mentally transported to an event that happened in the past
  10. type of narration used by whoever is telling the story
  11. figurative or hidden meaning of words
  12. can be objects, characters, or ideas representing something else to add depth and meaning to a text
  13. used to refer to something indirectly, or to describe something in a more pleasant or polite way
  14. the struggle between two opposing forces
  15. An author’s reason for writing
  16. character, or voice, telling a story
  17. emotional atmosphere of a piece of wriring
  18. Extreme exaggeration of a real event or situation
  19. What the words actually mean, what is actually happening
  20. the sequence of events in the story, and it can be divided into three parts: the beginning, the middle, and the end
  21. an implicit comparison between two or more things
  22. linguistic/word choices a writer makes to convey an idea
  23. people (or animals) that populate a story
  24. central idea or message of a work of literature, often expressed as a general statement about life
  25. words or phrases that are meaningful, but not literally true (i.e. hit me like a ton of bricks)
  26. what the words are trying to tell us that relates to the world
  27. literary element that includes a combination of contrasting, or opposite, words
  28. literary element used by writers to hint at what will happen next, or at some point, in the story
  29. the way in which the writer uses techniques for effect