ZoomorphsimWhen youmake apersonsound likean animalRepetitionRepeatingthe sameword or ideaover andoverNounThe namesof peopleplaces andthingsOnomatopoeiaWords thatsound likethe noisethey aredescribingImageryUsinglanguage topaint apicture in thereader's mindRhymeWhen theendings ofdifferentwords soundthe sameVerbActionor doingwordsAlliterationA group ofwords thatstart with thesame soundOxymoronTwocontrastingideas placedtogehterHyperboleExaggerationRhetoricalQuestionQuestionsthat don'tneed ananswerRhythmThe beatof a songor a poemMetpahorWhen youdescribesomething as ifit is somethingelseTwoHow manytimes shouldyou read apoem youhaven't seenbeforeCaesuraA pause inthe middleof a line ofpoetryPersonificationWhen youmake anobject soundlike a livingthingSimileWhen youcompar esomething tosomething elseusing like or asSibilanceTherepetition ofan 's' soundin a group ofwordsStanzaAparagraphin a poemListof 3Listing 3words orideas in arowAdverbWordsthatdescribeactionsPunA playonwordsThequestionThe first thingyou shouldread whenlooking atunseen poetryTheTitleThe part ofthe poemyou shouldread firstAdjectiveWords thatdescribepeople,places andthingsZoomorphsimWhen youmake apersonsound likean animalRepetitionRepeatingthe sameword or ideaover andoverNounThe namesof peopleplaces andthingsOnomatopoeiaWords thatsound likethe noisethey aredescribingImageryUsinglanguage topaint apicture in thereader's mindRhymeWhen theendings ofdifferentwords soundthe sameVerbActionor doingwordsAlliterationA group ofwords thatstart with thesame soundOxymoronTwocontrastingideas placedtogehterHyperboleExaggerationRhetoricalQuestionQuestionsthat don'tneed ananswerRhythmThe beatof a songor a poemMetpahorWhen youdescribesomething as ifit is somethingelseTwoHow manytimes shouldyou read apoem youhaven't seenbeforeCaesuraA pause inthe middleof a line ofpoetryPersonificationWhen youmake anobject soundlike a livingthingSimileWhen youcompar esomething tosomething elseusing like or asSibilanceTherepetition ofan 's' soundin a group ofwordsStanzaAparagraphin a poemListof 3Listing 3words orideas in arowAdverbWordsthatdescribeactionsPunA playonwordsThequestionThe first thingyou shouldread whenlooking atunseen poetryTheTitleThe part ofthe poemyou shouldread firstAdjectiveWords thatdescribepeople,places andthings

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