people (oranimals) thatpopulate astorya sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truthliterary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordslinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideaa character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethingwhat thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worlduse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimagesauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjectfigurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordsarrangementof words orphrasesWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningthe strugglebetween twoopposingforcesan implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingswhen a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepastcan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textwords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)character,or voice,telling astory how the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanotherAnauthor’sreason forwritingthe whereand thewhen of astoryused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite wayemotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationtype ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestorythe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectliterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestorythe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"central idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifepeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astorya sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truthliterary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordslinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideaa character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethingwhat thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worlduse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimagesauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjectfigurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordsarrangementof words orphrasesWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningthe strugglebetween twoopposingforcesan implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingswhen a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepastcan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textwords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)character,or voice,telling astory how the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanotherAnauthor’sreason forwritingthe whereand thewhen of astoryused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite wayemotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationtype ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestorythe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectliterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestorythe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"central idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout life

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