when a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepastuse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimagesemotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringlinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideaused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite wayliterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestorycharacter,or voice,telling astory figurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordsthe whereand thewhen of astorycentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifethe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"can be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningliterary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordsthe strugglebetween twoopposingforcesa character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethingthe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endtype ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestorywhat thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worldan implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingsAnauthor’sreason forwritingExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationpeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astorya sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind trutharrangementof words orphrasesauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjecthow the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanotherwords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)when a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepastuse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimagesemotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringlinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideaused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite wayliterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestorycharacter,or voice,telling astory figurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordsthe whereand thewhen of astorycentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifethe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"can be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningliterary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordsthe strugglebetween twoopposingforcesa character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethingthe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endtype ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestorywhat thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worldan implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingsAnauthor’sreason forwritingExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationpeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astorya sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind trutharrangementof words orphrasesauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjecthow the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanotherwords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)

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