central idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifelinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideacharacter,or voice,telling astory emotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringan implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingsuse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimageswhat thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worlda sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truthauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjectfigurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordsa character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethingtype ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestoryused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite waythe whereand thewhen of astorythe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endthe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectpeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astorywords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)how the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanothercan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textliterary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordsliterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestorythe strugglebetween twoopposingforcesWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningAnauthor’sreason forwritingarrangementof words orphrasesan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"Extremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationwhen a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepastcentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifelinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideacharacter,or voice,telling astory emotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringan implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingsuse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimageswhat thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worlda sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truthauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjectfigurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordsa character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethingtype ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestoryused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite waythe whereand thewhen of astorythe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endthe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectpeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astorywords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)how the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanothercan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textliterary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordsliterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestorythe strugglebetween twoopposingforcesWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningAnauthor’sreason forwritingarrangementof words orphrasesan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"Extremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationwhen a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepast

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.


1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
  1. central idea or message of a work of literature, often expressed as a general statement about life
  2. linguistic/word choices a writer makes to convey an idea
  3. character, or voice, telling a story
  4. emotional atmosphere of a piece of wriring
  5. an implicit comparison between two or more things
  6. use of words and phrases to create mental images
  7. what the words are trying to tell us that relates to the world
  8. a sentence or a phrase that appears contradictory, but implies some kind truth
  9. author's, speaker's, or narrator's attitude toward a subject
  10. figurative or hidden meaning of words
  11. a character's particular attitude toward something
  12. type of narration used by whoever is telling the story
  13. used to refer to something indirectly, or to describe something in a more pleasant or polite way
  14. the where and the when of a story
  15. the sequence of events in the story, and it can be divided into three parts: the beginning, the middle, and the end
  16. the way in which the writer uses techniques for effect
  17. people (or animals) that populate a story
  18. words or phrases that are meaningful, but not literally true (i.e. hit me like a ton of bricks)
  19. how the events of a story are ordered and how they are related to one another
  20. can be objects, characters, or ideas representing something else to add depth and meaning to a text
  21. literary element that includes a combination of contrasting, or opposite, words
  22. literary element used by writers to hint at what will happen next, or at some point, in the story
  23. the struggle between two opposing forces
  24. What the words actually mean, what is actually happening
  25. An author’s reason for writing
  26. arrangement of words or phrases
  27. an explicit comparison, almost always includes the words “like” and “as"
  28. Extreme exaggeration of a real event or situation
  29. when a narrator is mentally transported to an event that happened in the past