Use wordsthat mimicthe soundtheydescribeActionwords ordoingwordsRepeat aword orphraseDescribingwords fora nounUse wordswith similarsoundingfinalsyllablesGiveshumanqualities tosomethingnot humanStart wordswith thesame soundor letterTells thereader thatsomething ISsomethingelseWrite inshorter linesto slow thereader downCreates afun patternmaking iteasy torememberFree!Tells thereader thatsomething isLIKE or ASsomething elseHelps thereader forma picture intheir mindUse wordsthat mimicthe soundtheydescribeActionwords ordoingwordsRepeat aword orphraseDescribingwords fora nounUse wordswith similarsoundingfinalsyllablesGiveshumanqualities tosomethingnot humanStart wordswith thesame soundor letterTells thereader thatsomething ISsomethingelseWrite inshorter linesto slow thereader downCreates afun patternmaking iteasy torememberFree!Tells thereader thatsomething isLIKE or ASsomething elseHelps thereader forma picture intheir mind

Poetry Definitions - 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. Use words that mimic the sound they describe
  2. Action words or doing words
  3. Repeat a word or phrase
  4. Describing words for a noun
  5. Use words with similar sounding final syllables
  6. Gives human qualities to something not human
  7. Start words with the same sound or letter
  8. Tells the reader that something IS something else
  9. Write in shorter lines to slow the reader down
  10. Creates a fun pattern making it easy to remember
  11. Free!
  12. Tells the reader that something is LIKE or AS something else
  13. Helps the reader form a picture in their mind