linguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideawhen a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepasta character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethinghow the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanotherarrangementof words orphraseswhat thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worldthe strugglebetween twoopposingforcesWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningAnauthor’sreason forwritinga sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truthused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite wayemotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringcan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"use of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimagescharacter,or voice,telling astory type ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestoryExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationpeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astorywords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)the sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjectliterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestoryliterary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordsfigurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordscentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifean implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingsthe whereand thewhen of astorythe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effectlinguistic/wordchoices awriter makesto convey anideawhen a narratoris mentallytransported toan event thathappened in thepasta character'sparticularattitudetowardsomethinghow the eventsof a story areordered andhow they arerelated to oneanotherarrangementof words orphraseswhat thewords aretrying to tellus that relatesto the worldthe strugglebetween twoopposingforcesWhat thewords actuallymean, what isactuallyhappeningAnauthor’sreason forwritinga sentence or aphrase thatappearscontradictory,but impliessome kind truthused to refer tosomethingindirectly, or todescribesomething in amore pleasant orpolite wayemotionalatmosphereof a pieceof wriringcan be objects,characters, or ideasrepresentingsomething else toadd depth andmeaning to a textan explicitcomparison,almost alwaysincludes thewords “like” and“as"use of wordsand phrasesto creatementalimagescharacter,or voice,telling astory type ofnarration usedby whoever istelling thestoryExtremeexaggerationof a realevent orsituationpeople (oranimals) thatpopulate astorywords or phrasesthat aremeaningful, butnot literally true(i.e. hit me like aton of bricks)the sequence ofevents in the story,and it can be dividedinto three parts: thebeginning, themiddle, and the endauthor's,speaker's, ornarrator'sattitude towarda subjectliterary elementused by writers tohint at what willhappen next, or atsome point, in thestoryliterary elementthat includes acombination ofcontrasting, oropposite, wordsfigurativeor hiddenmeaningof wordscentral idea ormessage of a workof literature, oftenexpressed as ageneral statementabout lifean implicitcomparisonbetween twoor morethingsthe whereand thewhen of astorythe way inwhich thewriter usestechniquesfor effect

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