metaphorpuna playonwordsoxymoronIdiomAssonanceproverbSameconsonantsound at thebeginning of aseries of wordsa popularsaying that isnot to betaken literallyonomatopoeiaHyperboleironyPersonificationComparestwo thingsusing likeor asAllusionsoundwordsgivinghumanqualities tonon humanobjectsextremeexaggerationsamevowelsound in alinerepetitionReference tohistory,Bible,famousperson, etc.SimileAlliterationcomparestwo thingsWITHOUTusing like orasmetaphorpuna playonwordsoxymoronIdiomAssonanceproverbSameconsonantsound at thebeginning of aseries of wordsa popularsaying that isnot to betaken literallyonomatopoeiaHyperboleironyPersonificationComparestwo thingsusing likeor asAllusionsoundwordsgivinghumanqualities tonon humanobjectsextremeexaggerationsamevowelsound in alinerepetitionReference tohistory,Bible,famousperson, etc.SimileAlliterationcomparestwo thingsWITHOUTusing like oras

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