NounThe namesof peopleplaces andthingsOnomatopoeiaWords thatsound likethe noisethey aredescribingImageryUsinglanguage topaint apicture in thereader's mindPersonificationWhen youmake anobject soundlike a livingthingThequestionThe first thingyou shouldread whenlooking atunseen poetryHyperboleExaggerationVerbActionor doingwordsRhetoricalQuestionQuestionsthat don'tneed ananswerAlliterationA group ofwords thatstart with thesame soundRhymeWhen theendings ofdifferentwords soundthe sameListof 3Listing 3words orideas in arowRepetitionRepeatingthe sameword or ideaover andoverZoomorphsimWhen youmake apersonsound likean animalAdjectiveWords thatdescribepeople,places andthingsRhythmThe beatof a songor a poemTheTitleThe part ofthe poemyou shouldread firstOxymoronTwocontrastingideas placedtogehterSibilanceTherepetition ofan 's' soundin a group ofwordsAdverbWordsthatdescribeactionsStanzaAparagraphin a poemTwoHow manytimes shouldyou read apoem youhaven't seenbeforeSimileWhen youcompar esomething tosomething elseusing like or asPunA playonwordsMetpahorWhen youdescribesomething as ifit is somethingelseCaesuraA pause inthe middleof a line ofpoetryNounThe namesof peopleplaces andthingsOnomatopoeiaWords thatsound likethe noisethey aredescribingImageryUsinglanguage topaint apicture in thereader's mindPersonificationWhen youmake anobject soundlike a livingthingThequestionThe first thingyou shouldread whenlooking atunseen poetryHyperboleExaggerationVerbActionor doingwordsRhetoricalQuestionQuestionsthat don'tneed ananswerAlliterationA group ofwords thatstart with thesame soundRhymeWhen theendings ofdifferentwords soundthe sameListof 3Listing 3words orideas in arowRepetitionRepeatingthe sameword or ideaover andoverZoomorphsimWhen youmake apersonsound likean animalAdjectiveWords thatdescribepeople,places andthingsRhythmThe beatof a songor a poemTheTitleThe part ofthe poemyou shouldread firstOxymoronTwocontrastingideas placedtogehterSibilanceTherepetition ofan 's' soundin a group ofwordsAdverbWordsthatdescribeactionsStanzaAparagraphin a poemTwoHow manytimes shouldyou read apoem youhaven't seenbeforeSimileWhen youcompar esomething tosomething elseusing like or asPunA playonwordsMetpahorWhen youdescribesomething as ifit is somethingelseCaesuraA 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. The names of people places and things
    Noun
  2. Words that sound like the noise they are describing
    Onomatopoeia
  3. Using language to paint a picture in the reader's mind
    Imagery
  4. When you make an object sound like a living thing
    Personification
  5. The first thing you should read when looking at unseen poetry
    The question
  6. Exaggeration
    Hyperbole
  7. Action or doing words
    Verb
  8. Questions that don't need an answer
    Rhetorical Question
  9. A group of words that start with the same sound
    Alliteration
  10. When the endings of different words sound the same
    Rhyme
  11. Listing 3 words or ideas in a row
    List of 3
  12. Repeating the same word or idea over and over
    Repetition
  13. When you make a person sound like an animal
    Zoomorphsim
  14. Words that describe people, places and things
    Adjective
  15. The beat of a song or a poem
    Rhythm
  16. The part of the poem you should read first
    The Title
  17. Two contrasting ideas placed togehter
    Oxymoron
  18. The repetition of an 's' sound in a group of words
    Sibilance
  19. Words that describe actions
    Adverb
  20. A paragraph in a poem
    Stanza
  21. How many times should you read a poem you haven't seen before
    Two
  22. When you compar e something to something else using like or as
    Simile
  23. A play on words
    Pun
  24. When you describe something as if it is something else
    Metpahor
  25. A pause in the middle of a line of poetry
    Caesura