Alliterationmetaphorsamevowelsound in alinesoundwordsPersonificationgivinghumanqualities tonon humanobjectsextremeexaggerationa popularsaying that isnot to betaken literallyproverbironyComparestwo thingsusing likeor asAllusionIdiomSimileoxymoroncomparestwo thingsWITHOUTusing like orasReference tohistory,Bible,famousperson, etc.onomatopoeiaSameconsonantsound at thebeginning of aseries of wordsAssonancea playonwordsHyperbolepunrepetitionAlliterationmetaphorsamevowelsound in alinesoundwordsPersonificationgivinghumanqualities tonon humanobjectsextremeexaggerationa popularsaying that isnot to betaken literallyproverbironyComparestwo thingsusing likeor asAllusionIdiomSimileoxymoroncomparestwo thingsWITHOUTusing like orasReference tohistory,Bible,famousperson, etc.onomatopoeiaSameconsonantsound at thebeginning of aseries of wordsAssonancea playonwordsHyperbolepunrepetition

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