IdiomAlliterationHardasrock.Myheartskipped.extremeexagerationIt tookforever.PeterPiperpicked apepper.Teethwerepearls.Comparingtwo unalikethings usinglike or ascomparingtwo unalikethings notusing like orasCost anarm anda leg.She sellsseashells.Heartof gold.Fast asaleopard.HyperboleIt took amillion yearsfor her toget there!SimileThe leavesweredancing inthe wind.It's rainingcats anddogs!repetitionof initialconsonantsoundsgivinginanimateobjectshumanqualitiesMetaphora figure ofspeech notto be takenliterallyPersonificationIdiomAlliterationHardasrock.Myheartskipped.extremeexagerationIt tookforever.PeterPiperpicked apepper.Teethwerepearls.Comparingtwo unalikethings usinglike or ascomparingtwo unalikethings notusing like orasCost anarm anda leg.She sellsseashells.Heartof gold.Fast asaleopard.HyperboleIt took amillion yearsfor her toget there!SimileThe leavesweredancing inthe wind.It's rainingcats anddogs!repetitionof initialconsonantsoundsgivinginanimateobjectshumanqualitiesMetaphora figure ofspeech notto be takenliterallyPersonification

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