how the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanotherwhen a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepastcentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifeWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningliterary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordscan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textlinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideaarrangementof words orphrasesfigurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordsused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite waythe strugglebetween twoopposingforcesauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjectan implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingsemotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringthe whereand thewhen of astoryuse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimagesa sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truththe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"Anauthor’sreason forwritingExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationwords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)the way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectcharacter,or voice,telling astory literary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestorywhat thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worldpeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astorytype ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestorya character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethinghow the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanotherwhen a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepastcentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifeWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningliterary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordscan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textlinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideaarrangementof words orphrasesfigurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordsused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite waythe strugglebetween twoopposingforcesauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjectan implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingsemotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringthe whereand thewhen of astoryuse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimagesa sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truththe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"Anauthor’sreason forwritingExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationwords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)the way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectcharacter,or voice,telling astory literary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestorywhat thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worldpeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astorytype ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestorya character'sparticularattitudetowardsomething

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