IdiomAlliterationa figure ofspeech notto be takenliterallyIt's rainingcats anddogs!PeterPiperpicked apepper.It took amillion yearsfor her toget there!Fast asaleopard.The leavesweredancing inthe wind.comparingtwo unalikethings notusing like orasComparingtwo unalikethings usinglike or asIt tookforever.SimileextremeexagerationCost anarm anda leg.repetitionof initialconsonantsoundsHardasrock.Heartof gold.Myheartskipped.She sellsseashells.Teethwerepearls.HyperbolegivinginanimateobjectshumanqualitiesMetaphorPersonificationIdiomAlliterationa figure ofspeech notto be takenliterallyIt's rainingcats anddogs!PeterPiperpicked apepper.It took amillion yearsfor her toget there!Fast asaleopard.The leavesweredancing inthe wind.comparingtwo unalikethings notusing like orasComparingtwo unalikethings usinglike or asIt tookforever.SimileextremeexagerationCost anarm anda leg.repetitionof initialconsonantsoundsHardasrock.Heartof gold.Myheartskipped.She sellsseashells.Teethwerepearls.HyperbolegivinginanimateobjectshumanqualitiesMetaphorPersonification

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