a popularsaying that isnot to betaken literallyAssonancegivinghumanqualities tonon humanobjectssamevowelsound in alineoxymorona playonwordsmetaphorSameconsonantsound at thebeginning of aseries of wordsAlliterationpunHyperbolerepetitioncomparestwo thingsWITHOUTusing like orasIdiomAllusionsoundwordsComparestwo thingsusing likeor asironySimileReference tohistory,Bible,famousperson, etc.onomatopoeiaextremeexaggerationproverbPersonificationa popularsaying that isnot to betaken literallyAssonancegivinghumanqualities tonon humanobjectssamevowelsound in alineoxymorona playonwordsmetaphorSameconsonantsound at thebeginning of aseries of wordsAlliterationpunHyperbolerepetitioncomparestwo thingsWITHOUTusing like orasIdiomAllusionsoundwordsComparestwo thingsusing likeor asironySimileReference tohistory,Bible,famousperson, etc.onomatopoeiaextremeexaggerationproverbPersonification

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