Repeat aword orphraseGiveshumanqualities tosomethingnot humanHelps thereader forma picture intheir mindWrite inshorter linesto slow thereader downStart wordswith thesame soundor letterActionwords ordoingwordsTells thereader thatsomething ISsomethingelseUse wordsthat mimicthe soundtheydescribeUse wordswith similarsoundingfinalsyllablesDescribingwords fora nounTells thereader thatsomething isLIKE or ASsomething elseCreates afun patternmaking iteasy torememberFree!Repeat aword orphraseGiveshumanqualities tosomethingnot humanHelps thereader forma picture intheir mindWrite inshorter linesto slow thereader downStart wordswith thesame soundor letterActionwords ordoingwordsTells thereader thatsomething ISsomethingelseUse wordsthat mimicthe soundtheydescribeUse wordswith similarsoundingfinalsyllablesDescribingwords fora nounTells thereader thatsomething isLIKE or ASsomething elseCreates afun patternmaking iteasy torememberFree!

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