type ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestoryauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjectlinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideafigurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordsExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"literary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordsan implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingsthe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningemotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringa sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind trutharrangementof words orphrasespeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astorythe strugglebetween twoopposingforcesAnauthor’sreason forwritinga character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethingcan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textthe whereand thewhen of astoryused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite waythe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the enduse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimageswords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)literary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestorycentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifecharacter,or voice,telling astory what thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worldwhen a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepasthow the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanothertype ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestoryauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjectlinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideafigurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordsExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"literary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordsan implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingsthe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningemotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringa sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind trutharrangementof words orphrasespeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astorythe strugglebetween twoopposingforcesAnauthor’sreason forwritinga character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethingcan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textthe whereand thewhen of astoryused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite waythe sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the enduse of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimageswords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)literary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestorycentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifecharacter,or voice,telling astory what thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worldwhen a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepasthow the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanother

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