Literary Terms: Short Story Unit - 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.

1. climax
2. verbal irony
3. exposition
4. theme
5. dénouement
6. round character
7. atmosphere
8. third person limited point of view
9. inciting incident
10. flat character
11. character vs. society
12. situational irony
13. falling action
14. character vs. self
15. antecedent action
16. foil character
17. static character
18. tone
19. rising action
20. symbol
21. indirect presentation
22. indeterminant ending
23. third person omniscient point of view
24. plot