(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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Metaphor
"...the dark and desolate valley..."
"But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt."
"O judgment!"
"Life's like a road that you travel on..."
Rhetorical Question
Interjection
"Mad, bad, and dangerous to know."
A metaphor with commitment issues. A softer form of comparison. Does everything a metaphor does.
For some reason, things are really catchy and memorable when they come in threes. All this helps the message of the text hit harder.
Listing
Tricolon / Triple
Repetition
Imperative (Call to action)
"Who is here so vile that will not love his country?"
Can be used to show breadth (when listing nouns) or depth (when listing adjectives). It can be used to create a sense of grandeur, exhaustion, or even expertise...depends on the context!
Creates emphasis and impact. Makes key phrases and ideas stick in an audience's mind. Convinces people that you mean business!
It's really catchy. Catchy things are memorable (and sometimes beautiful). All this helps the message of the text hit harder.
Simile
Describing one thing in terms of another, a form of comparison. Good for explaining abstract concepts. Can be beautiful and memorable. Can have connotations.
"If any, speak, for him have I offended."
Alliteration
"Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our Northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed."
