givinghumanqualities tonon humanobjectsAssonanceSameconsonantsound at thebeginning of aseries of wordsonomatopoeiaironyIdiomPersonificationoxymoronAllusionproverbcomparestwo thingsWITHOUTusing like orasa popularsaying that isnot to betaken literallysamevowelsound in alineextremeexaggerationa playonwordsReference tohistory,Bible,famousperson, etc.metaphorSimilerepetitionAlliterationComparestwo thingsusing likeor assoundwordsHyperbolepungivinghumanqualities tonon humanobjectsAssonanceSameconsonantsound at thebeginning of aseries of wordsonomatopoeiaironyIdiomPersonificationoxymoronAllusionproverbcomparestwo thingsWITHOUTusing like orasa popularsaying that isnot to betaken literallysamevowelsound in alineextremeexaggerationa playonwordsReference tohistory,Bible,famousperson, etc.metaphorSimilerepetitionAlliterationComparestwo thingsusing likeor assoundwordsHyperbolepun

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