It took amillion yearsfor her toget there!Alliterationrepetitionof initialconsonantsoundsPeterPiperpicked apepper.Heartof gold.Teethwerepearls.Hyperbolecomparingtwo unalikethings notusing like orasComparingtwo unalikethings usinglike or asextremeexagerationFast asaleopard.Cost anarm anda leg.a figure ofspeech notto be takenliterallyIt's rainingcats anddogs!IdiomPersonificationIt tookforever.The leavesweredancing inthe wind.MetaphorMyheartskipped.She sellsseashells.Hardasrock.SimilegivinginanimateobjectshumanqualitiesIt took amillion yearsfor her toget there!Alliterationrepetitionof initialconsonantsoundsPeterPiperpicked apepper.Heartof gold.Teethwerepearls.Hyperbolecomparingtwo unalikethings notusing like orasComparingtwo unalikethings usinglike or asextremeexagerationFast asaleopard.Cost anarm anda leg.a figure ofspeech notto be takenliterallyIt's rainingcats anddogs!IdiomPersonificationIt tookforever.The leavesweredancing inthe wind.MetaphorMyheartskipped.She sellsseashells.Hardasrock.Similegivinginanimateobjectshumanqualities

Figurative language - 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. It took a million years for her to get there!
  2. Alliteration
  3. repetition of initial consonant sounds
  4. Peter Piper picked a pepper.
  5. Heart of gold.
  6. Teeth were pearls.
  7. Hyperbole
  8. comparing two unalike things not using like or as
  9. Comparing two unalike things using like or as
  10. extreme exageration
  11. Fast as a leopard.
  12. Cost an arm and a leg.
  13. a figure of speech not to be taken literally
  14. It's raining cats and dogs!
  15. Idiom
  16. Personification
  17. It took forever.
  18. The leaves were dancing in the wind.
  19. Metaphor
  20. My heart skipped.
  21. She sells seashells.
  22. Hard as rock.
  23. Simile
  24. giving inanimate objects human qualities