metaphorpersonification"Suddenly,there was aloud thudat the door""the sunkissed mycheek as Itook thepicture""My dogthinks thepark is theGarden ofEden"allusion"good griefGretchen,can we getsomegoodies?""I'm sohungry Icould eata horse"idiomsimilepunonomatopoeia"Lettingstudents picktheir seats isopeningPandora's box""I'm Julietto yourRomeo""he's sucha couchpotato""If you everare in themarket for abig boat, INoah a guy""He isas fit asa fiddle""organizedchaos"alliterationhyperbole"Before aplay starts,we say'break a leg'""I wanted tobuy camouflagepants, but Icouldn't findany""You gottastop beatingaround thebush"oxymoronmetaphorpersonification"Suddenly,there was aloud thudat the door""the sunkissed mycheek as Itook thepicture""My dogthinks thepark is theGarden ofEden"allusion"good griefGretchen,can we getsomegoodies?""I'm sohungry Icould eata horse"idiomsimilepunonomatopoeia"Lettingstudents picktheir seats isopeningPandora's box""I'm Julietto yourRomeo""he's sucha couchpotato""If you everare in themarket for abig boat, INoah a guy""He isas fit asa fiddle""organizedchaos"alliterationhyperbole"Before aplay starts,we say'break a leg'""I wanted tobuy camouflagepants, but Icouldn't findany""You gottastop beatingaround thebush"oxymoron

Figurative Language BINGO - 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. metaphor
  2. personification
  3. "Suddenly, there was a loud thud at the door"
  4. "the sun kissed my cheek as I took the picture"
  5. "My dog thinks the park is the Garden of Eden"
  6. allusion
  7. "good grief Gretchen, can we get some goodies?"
  8. "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"
  9. idiom
  10. simile
  11. pun
  12. onomatopoeia
  13. "Letting students pick their seats is opening Pandora's box"
  14. "I'm Juliet to your Romeo"
  15. "he's such a couch potato"
  16. "If you ever are in the market for a big boat, I Noah a guy"
  17. "He is as fit as a fiddle"
  18. "organized chaos"
  19. alliteration
  20. hyperbole
  21. "Before a play starts, we say 'break a leg'"
  22. "I wanted to buy camouflage pants, but I couldn't find any"
  23. "You gotta stop beating around the bush"
  24. oxymoron