PunA playonwordsRhymeWhen theendings ofdifferentwords soundthe sameRepetitionRepeatingthe sameword or ideaover andoverAlliterationA group ofwords thatstart with thesame soundOnomatopoeiaWords thatsound likethe noisethey aredescribingStanzaAparagraphin a poemOxymoronTwocontrastingideas placedtogehterRhythmThe beatof a songor a poemThequestionThe first thingyou shouldread whenlooking atunseen poetryZoomorphsimWhen youmake apersonsound likean animalAdjectiveWords thatdescribepeople,places andthingsNounThe namesof peopleplaces andthingsMetpahorWhen youdescribesomething as ifit is somethingelsePersonificationWhen youmake anobject soundlike a livingthingSimileWhen youcompar esomething tosomething elseusing like or asTheTitleThe part ofthe poemyou shouldread firstAdverbWordsthatdescribeactionsListof 3Listing 3words orideas in arowImageryUsinglanguage topaint apicture in thereader's mindSibilanceTherepetition ofan 's' soundin a group ofwordsRhetoricalQuestionQuestionsthat don'tneed ananswerHyperboleExaggerationVerbActionor doingwordsTwoHow manytimes shouldyou read apoem youhaven't seenbeforeCaesuraA pause inthe middleof a line ofpoetryPunA playonwordsRhymeWhen theendings ofdifferentwords soundthe sameRepetitionRepeatingthe sameword or ideaover andoverAlliterationA group ofwords thatstart with thesame soundOnomatopoeiaWords thatsound likethe noisethey aredescribingStanzaAparagraphin a poemOxymoronTwocontrastingideas placedtogehterRhythmThe beatof a songor a poemThequestionThe first thingyou shouldread whenlooking atunseen poetryZoomorphsimWhen youmake apersonsound likean animalAdjectiveWords thatdescribepeople,places andthingsNounThe namesof peopleplaces andthingsMetpahorWhen youdescribesomething as ifit is somethingelsePersonificationWhen youmake anobject soundlike a livingthingSimileWhen youcompar esomething tosomething elseusing like or asTheTitleThe part ofthe poemyou shouldread firstAdverbWordsthatdescribeactionsListof 3Listing 3words orideas in arowImageryUsinglanguage topaint apicture in thereader's mindSibilanceTherepetition ofan 's' soundin a group ofwordsRhetoricalQuestionQuestionsthat don'tneed ananswerHyperboleExaggerationVerbActionor doingwordsTwoHow manytimes shouldyou read apoem youhaven't seenbeforeCaesuraA pause inthe middleof a line ofpoetry

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