literary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordswhat thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worldcentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifepeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astorywhen a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepastemotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringthe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endcharacter,or voice,telling astory words or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)figurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordsan implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingsliterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestoryarrangementof words orphrasesauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjectAnauthor’sreason forwritingcan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textthe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite wayhow the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanothera character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethinguse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimagestype ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestorythe whereand thewhen of astorya sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truthExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"linguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideathe strugglebetween twoopposingforcesliterary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordswhat thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worldcentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifepeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astorywhen a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepastemotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringthe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endcharacter,or voice,telling astory words or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)figurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordsan implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingsliterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestoryarrangementof words orphrasesauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjectAnauthor’sreason forwritingcan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textthe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite wayhow the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanothera character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethinguse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimagestype ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestorythe whereand thewhen of astorya sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truthExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"linguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideathe 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. literary element that includes a combination of contrasting, or opposite, words
  2. what the words are trying to tell us that relates to the world
  3. central idea or message of a work of literature, often expressed as a general statement about life
  4. people (or animals) that populate a story
  5. when a narrator is mentally transported to an event that happened in the past
  6. emotional atmosphere of a piece of wriring
  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. words or phrases that are meaningful, but not literally true (i.e. hit me like a ton of bricks)
  10. figurative or hidden meaning of words
  11. an implicit comparison between two or more things
  12. literary element used by writers to hint at what will happen next, or at some point, in the story
  13. arrangement of words or phrases
  14. author's, speaker's, or narrator's attitude toward a subject
  15. An author’s reason for writing
  16. can be objects, characters, or ideas representing something else to add depth and meaning to a text
  17. the way in which the writer uses techniques for effect
  18. What the words actually mean, what is actually happening
  19. used to refer to something indirectly, or to describe something in a more pleasant or polite way
  20. how the events of a story are ordered and how they are related to one another
  21. a character's particular attitude toward something
  22. use of words and phrases to create mental images
  23. type of narration used by whoever is telling the story
  24. the where and the when of a story
  25. a sentence or a phrase that appears contradictory, but implies some kind truth
  26. Extreme exaggeration of a real event or situation
  27. an explicit comparison, almost always includes the words “like” and “as"
  28. linguistic/word choices a writer makes to convey an idea
  29. the struggle between two opposing forces