when a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepastpeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astorythe strugglebetween twoopposingforceslinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideawords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)how the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanothera character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethingExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationAnauthor’sreason forwritingused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite waywhat thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worldfigurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordsthe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endcan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textcentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifeWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningemotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringa sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truthliterary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordsauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjectliterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestoryan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"use of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimagescharacter,or voice,telling astory the whereand thewhen of astorythe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectan implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingsarrangementof words orphrasestype ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestorywhen a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepastpeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astorythe strugglebetween twoopposingforceslinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideawords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)how the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanothera character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethingExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationAnauthor’sreason forwritingused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite waywhat thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worldfigurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordsthe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endcan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textcentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifeWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningemotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringa sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truthliterary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordsauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjectliterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestoryan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"use of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimagescharacter,or voice,telling astory the whereand thewhen of astorythe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectan implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingsarrangementof words orphrasestype ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestory

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