an explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"when a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepastlinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anidealiterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestorycharacter,or voice,telling astory figurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordswhat thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worldthe whereand thewhen of astorythe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endthe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectwords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)type ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestorythe strugglebetween twoopposingforcesan implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingsliterary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordsused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite wayExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationa character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethingemotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringcentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifehow the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanotherauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjectcan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a texta sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truthuse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimagesWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningarrangementof words orphrasesAnauthor’sreason forwritingpeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astoryan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"when a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepastlinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anidealiterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestorycharacter,or voice,telling astory figurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordswhat thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worldthe whereand thewhen of astorythe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endthe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectwords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)type ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestorythe strugglebetween twoopposingforcesan implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingsliterary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordsused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite wayExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationa character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethingemotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringcentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifehow the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanotherauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjectcan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a texta sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truthuse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimagesWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningarrangementof words orphrasesAnauthor’sreason forwritingpeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astory

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