linguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideaan implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingstype ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestoryfigurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordsliterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestoryan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"can be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textpeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astorythe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endhow the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanothera sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truthuse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimagesExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningwords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)the whereand thewhen of astorythe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite waya character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethingarrangementof words orphrasescentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifeemotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringAnauthor’sreason forwritingwhen a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepastcharacter,or voice,telling astory author's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjectthe strugglebetween twoopposingforcesliterary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordswhat thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worldlinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideaan implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingstype ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestoryfigurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordsliterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestoryan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"can be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textpeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astorythe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endhow the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanothera sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truthuse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimagesExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningwords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)the whereand thewhen of astorythe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite waya character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethingarrangementof words orphrasescentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifeemotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringAnauthor’sreason forwritingwhen a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepastcharacter,or voice,telling astory author's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjectthe strugglebetween twoopposingforcesliterary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordswhat thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the world

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