a sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truthliterary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordscan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textuse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimageswhat thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worldthe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endfigurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordspeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astoryWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjectan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"the strugglebetween twoopposingforceshow the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanotheran implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingswhen a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepastused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite waythe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectlinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideaAnauthor’sreason forwritingliterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestorycentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifetype ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestorycharacter,or voice,telling astory a character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethingthe whereand thewhen of astoryExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationarrangementof words orphraseswords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)emotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringa sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truthliterary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordscan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textuse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimageswhat thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worldthe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endfigurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordspeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astoryWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjectan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"the strugglebetween twoopposingforceshow the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanotheran implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingswhen a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepastused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite waythe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectlinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideaAnauthor’sreason forwritingliterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestorycentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifetype ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestorycharacter,or voice,telling astory a character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethingthe whereand thewhen of astoryExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationarrangementof words orphraseswords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)emotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriring

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