oxymoronpunextremeexaggerationcomparestwo thingsWITHOUTusing like orasa playonwordsironygivinghumanqualities tonon humanobjectsComparestwo thingsusing likeor asSameconsonantsound at thebeginning of aseries of wordsAssonancemetaphorsoundwordsReference tohistory,Bible,famousperson, etc.samevowelsound in alineAlliterationproverbIdiomrepetitionPersonificationSimileonomatopoeiaHyperbolea popularsaying that isnot to betaken literallyAllusionoxymoronpunextremeexaggerationcomparestwo thingsWITHOUTusing like orasa playonwordsironygivinghumanqualities tonon humanobjectsComparestwo thingsusing likeor asSameconsonantsound at thebeginning of aseries of wordsAssonancemetaphorsoundwordsReference tohistory,Bible,famousperson, etc.samevowelsound in alineAlliterationproverbIdiomrepetitionPersonificationSimileonomatopoeiaHyperbolea popularsaying that isnot to betaken literallyAllusion

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