AllusionoxymoronironyComparestwo thingsusing likeor asAssonancePersonificationpunextremeexaggerationSameconsonantsound at thebeginning of aseries of wordsonomatopoeiarepetitiona playonwordssoundwordsSimileAlliterationReference tohistory,Bible,famousperson, etc.metaphorIdiomproverbHyperbolesamevowelsound in alinea popularsaying that isnot to betaken literallygivinghumanqualities tonon humanobjectscomparestwo thingsWITHOUTusing like orasAllusionoxymoronironyComparestwo thingsusing likeor asAssonancePersonificationpunextremeexaggerationSameconsonantsound at thebeginning of aseries of wordsonomatopoeiarepetitiona playonwordssoundwordsSimileAlliterationReference tohistory,Bible,famousperson, etc.metaphorIdiomproverbHyperbolesamevowelsound in alinea popularsaying that isnot to betaken literallygivinghumanqualities tonon humanobjectscomparestwo thingsWITHOUTusing like oras

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. Allusion
  2. oxymoron
  3. irony
  4. Compares two things using like or as
  5. Assonance
  6. Personification
  7. pun
  8. extreme exaggeration
  9. Same consonant sound at the beginning of a series of words
  10. onomatopoeia
  11. repetition
  12. a play on words
  13. sound words
  14. Simile
  15. Alliteration
  16. Reference to history, Bible, famous person, etc.
  17. metaphor
  18. Idiom
  19. proverb
  20. Hyperbole
  21. same vowel sound in a line
  22. a popular saying that is not to be taken literally
  23. giving human qualities to non human objects
  24. compares two things WITHOUT using like or as