PersonificationWhen youmake anobject soundlike a livingthingRepetitionRepeatingthe sameword or ideaover andoverTheTitleThe part ofthe poemyou shouldread firstAlliterationA group ofwords thatstart with thesame soundCaesuraA pause inthe middleof a line ofpoetryAdjectiveWords thatdescribepeople,places andthingsImageryUsinglanguage topaint apicture in thereader's mindRhymeWhen theendings ofdifferentwords soundthe sameHyperboleExaggerationOnomatopoeiaWords thatsound likethe noisethey aredescribingOxymoronTwocontrastingideas placedtogehterPunA playonwordsNounThe namesof peopleplaces andthingsRhythmThe beatof a songor a poemZoomorphsimWhen youmake apersonsound likean animalTwoHow manytimes shouldyou read apoem youhaven't seenbeforeRhetoricalQuestionQuestionsthat don'tneed ananswerThequestionThe first thingyou shouldread whenlooking atunseen poetryAdverbWordsthatdescribeactionsListof 3Listing 3words orideas in arowStanzaAparagraphin a poemVerbActionor doingwordsMetpahorWhen youdescribesomething as ifit is somethingelseSibilanceTherepetition ofan 's' soundin a group ofwordsSimileWhen youcompar esomething tosomething elseusing like or asPersonificationWhen youmake anobject soundlike a livingthingRepetitionRepeatingthe sameword or ideaover andoverTheTitleThe part ofthe poemyou shouldread firstAlliterationA group ofwords thatstart with thesame soundCaesuraA pause inthe middleof a line ofpoetryAdjectiveWords thatdescribepeople,places andthingsImageryUsinglanguage topaint apicture in thereader's mindRhymeWhen theendings ofdifferentwords soundthe sameHyperboleExaggerationOnomatopoeiaWords thatsound likethe noisethey aredescribingOxymoronTwocontrastingideas placedtogehterPunA playonwordsNounThe namesof peopleplaces andthingsRhythmThe beatof a songor a poemZoomorphsimWhen youmake apersonsound likean animalTwoHow manytimes shouldyou read apoem youhaven't seenbeforeRhetoricalQuestionQuestionsthat don'tneed ananswerThequestionThe first thingyou shouldread whenlooking atunseen poetryAdverbWordsthatdescribeactionsListof 3Listing 3words orideas in arowStanzaAparagraphin a poemVerbActionor doingwordsMetpahorWhen youdescribesomething as ifit is somethingelseSibilanceTherepetition ofan 's' soundin a group ofwordsSimileWhen youcompar esomething tosomething elseusing like or as

Poetry Bingo - 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. When you make an object sound like a living thing
    Personification
  2. Repeating the same word or idea over and over
    Repetition
  3. The part of the poem you should read first
    The Title
  4. A group of words that start with the same sound
    Alliteration
  5. A pause in the middle of a line of poetry
    Caesura
  6. Words that describe people, places and things
    Adjective
  7. Using language to paint a picture in the reader's mind
    Imagery
  8. When the endings of different words sound the same
    Rhyme
  9. Exaggeration
    Hyperbole
  10. Words that sound like the noise they are describing
    Onomatopoeia
  11. Two contrasting ideas placed togehter
    Oxymoron
  12. A play on words
    Pun
  13. The names of people places and things
    Noun
  14. The beat of a song or a poem
    Rhythm
  15. When you make a person sound like an animal
    Zoomorphsim
  16. How many times should you read a poem you haven't seen before
    Two
  17. Questions that don't need an answer
    Rhetorical Question
  18. The first thing you should read when looking at unseen poetry
    The question
  19. Words that describe actions
    Adverb
  20. Listing 3 words or ideas in a row
    List of 3
  21. A paragraph in a poem
    Stanza
  22. Action or doing words
    Verb
  23. When you describe something as if it is something else
    Metpahor
  24. The repetition of an 's' sound in a group of words
    Sibilance
  25. When you compar e something to something else using like or as
    Simile