Personificationa playonwordsonomatopoeiarepetitionIdiomoxymoronproverbsoundwordsAssonanceComparestwo thingsusing likeor asSimileironyReference tohistory,Bible,famousperson, etc.extremeexaggerationgivinghumanqualities tonon humanobjectsAllusionsamevowelsound in alinemetaphorcomparestwo thingsWITHOUTusing like orasHyperbolea popularsaying that isnot to betaken literallyAlliterationSameconsonantsound at thebeginning of aseries of wordspunPersonificationa playonwordsonomatopoeiarepetitionIdiomoxymoronproverbsoundwordsAssonanceComparestwo thingsusing likeor asSimileironyReference tohistory,Bible,famousperson, etc.extremeexaggerationgivinghumanqualities tonon humanobjectsAllusionsamevowelsound in alinemetaphorcomparestwo thingsWITHOUTusing like orasHyperbolea popularsaying that isnot to betaken literallyAlliterationSameconsonantsound at thebeginning of aseries of wordspun

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