the whereand thewhen of astorywords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)what thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worldemotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringa sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truthan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"the sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endcharacter,or voice,telling astory literary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordsuse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimageslinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideaAnauthor’sreason forwritingWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningarrangementof words orphrasestype ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestorypeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astoryauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjecta character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethingcan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite waycentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifeliterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestorywhen a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepastfigurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordsthe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationhow the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanotheran implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingsthe strugglebetween twoopposingforcesthe whereand thewhen of astorywords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)what thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worldemotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringa sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truthan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"the sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endcharacter,or voice,telling astory literary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordsuse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimageslinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideaAnauthor’sreason forwritingWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningarrangementof words orphrasestype ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestorypeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astoryauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjecta character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethingcan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite waycentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifeliterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestorywhen a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepastfigurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordsthe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationhow the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanotheran implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingsthe strugglebetween twoopposingforces

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