MetaphorCost anarm anda leg.SimileHyperboleIt's rainingcats anddogs!Fast asaleopard.Idiomextremeexagerationrepetitionof initialconsonantsoundsMyheartskipped.comparingtwo unalikethings notusing like orasPeterPiperpicked apepper.Comparingtwo unalikethings usinglike or asHeartof gold.PersonificationThe leavesweredancing inthe wind.Teethwerepearls.Hardasrock.She sellsseashells.a figure ofspeech notto be takenliterallyAlliterationIt tookforever.It took amillion yearsfor her toget there!givinginanimateobjectshumanqualitiesMetaphorCost anarm anda leg.SimileHyperboleIt's rainingcats anddogs!Fast asaleopard.Idiomextremeexagerationrepetitionof initialconsonantsoundsMyheartskipped.comparingtwo unalikethings notusing like orasPeterPiperpicked apepper.Comparingtwo unalikethings usinglike or asHeartof gold.PersonificationThe leavesweredancing inthe wind.Teethwerepearls.Hardasrock.She sellsseashells.a figure ofspeech notto be takenliterallyAlliterationIt tookforever.It took amillion yearsfor her toget there!givinginanimateobjectshumanqualities

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