repetitionIdiommetaphorextremeexaggerationAllusionComparestwo thingsusing likeor asironycomparestwo thingsWITHOUTusing like orasproverbPersonificationsoundwordssamevowelsound in alineSameconsonantsound at thebeginning of aseries of wordsa playonwordsoxymoronAssonancepunSimileAlliterationa popularsaying that isnot to betaken literallyReference tohistory,Bible,famousperson, etc.Hyperbolegivinghumanqualities tonon humanobjectsonomatopoeiarepetitionIdiommetaphorextremeexaggerationAllusionComparestwo thingsusing likeor asironycomparestwo thingsWITHOUTusing like orasproverbPersonificationsoundwordssamevowelsound in alineSameconsonantsound at thebeginning of aseries of wordsa playonwordsoxymoronAssonancepunSimileAlliterationa popularsaying that isnot to betaken literallyReference tohistory,Bible,famousperson, etc.Hyperbolegivinghumanqualities tonon humanobjectsonomatopoeia

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