AlliterationCost anarm anda leg.It's rainingcats anddogs!a figure ofspeech notto be takenliterallyTeethwerepearls.HyperboleThe leavesweredancing inthe wind.It tookforever.Comparingtwo unalikethings usinglike or asIt took amillion yearsfor her toget there!PeterPiperpicked apepper.Myheartskipped.comparingtwo unalikethings notusing like orasSimileHardasrock.PersonificationHeartof gold.extremeexagerationMetaphorFast asaleopard.repetitionof initialconsonantsoundsShe sellsseashells.givinginanimateobjectshumanqualitiesIdiomAlliterationCost anarm anda leg.It's rainingcats anddogs!a figure ofspeech notto be takenliterallyTeethwerepearls.HyperboleThe leavesweredancing inthe wind.It tookforever.Comparingtwo unalikethings usinglike or asIt took amillion yearsfor her toget there!PeterPiperpicked apepper.Myheartskipped.comparingtwo unalikethings notusing like orasSimileHardasrock.PersonificationHeartof gold.extremeexagerationMetaphorFast asaleopard.repetitionof initialconsonantsoundsShe sellsseashells.givinginanimateobjectshumanqualitiesIdiom

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