extremeexagerationComparingtwo unalikethings usinglike or asThe leavesweredancing inthe wind.It tookforever.Cost anarm anda leg.PersonificationSimileTeethwerepearls.Myheartskipped.IdiomHeartof gold.It took amillion yearsfor her toget there!She sellsseashells.Hardasrock.Alliterationrepetitionof initialconsonantsoundsMetaphorFast asaleopard.a figure ofspeech notto be takenliterallyIt's rainingcats anddogs!PeterPiperpicked apepper.givinginanimateobjectshumanqualitiescomparingtwo unalikethings notusing like orasHyperboleextremeexagerationComparingtwo unalikethings usinglike or asThe leavesweredancing inthe wind.It tookforever.Cost anarm anda leg.PersonificationSimileTeethwerepearls.Myheartskipped.IdiomHeartof gold.It took amillion yearsfor her toget there!She sellsseashells.Hardasrock.Alliterationrepetitionof initialconsonantsoundsMetaphorFast asaleopard.a figure ofspeech notto be takenliterallyIt's rainingcats anddogs!PeterPiperpicked apepper.givinginanimateobjectshumanqualitiescomparingtwo unalikethings notusing like orasHyperbole

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