AdverbWordsthatdescribeactionsRhetoricalQuestionQuestionsthat don'tneed ananswerTwoHow manytimes shouldyou read apoem youhaven't seenbeforeRepetitionRepeatingthe sameword or ideaover andoverSimileWhen youcompar esomething tosomething elseusing like or asTheTitleThe part ofthe poemyou shouldread firstAlliterationA group ofwords thatstart with thesame soundPunA playonwordsRhythmThe beatof a songor a poemOxymoronTwocontrastingideas placedtogehterPersonificationWhen youmake anobject soundlike a livingthingSibilanceTherepetition ofan 's' soundin a group ofwordsCaesuraA pause inthe middleof a line ofpoetryHyperboleExaggerationThequestionThe first thingyou shouldread whenlooking atunseen poetryOnomatopoeiaWords thatsound likethe noisethey aredescribingVerbActionor doingwordsImageryUsinglanguage topaint apicture in thereader's mindNounThe namesof peopleplaces andthingsAdjectiveWords thatdescribepeople,places andthingsRhymeWhen theendings ofdifferentwords soundthe sameMetpahorWhen youdescribesomething as ifit is somethingelseStanzaAparagraphin a poemListof 3Listing 3words orideas in arowZoomorphsimWhen youmake apersonsound likean animalAdverbWordsthatdescribeactionsRhetoricalQuestionQuestionsthat don'tneed ananswerTwoHow manytimes shouldyou read apoem youhaven't seenbeforeRepetitionRepeatingthe sameword or ideaover andoverSimileWhen youcompar esomething tosomething elseusing like or asTheTitleThe part ofthe poemyou shouldread firstAlliterationA group ofwords thatstart with thesame soundPunA playonwordsRhythmThe beatof a songor a poemOxymoronTwocontrastingideas placedtogehterPersonificationWhen youmake anobject soundlike a livingthingSibilanceTherepetition ofan 's' soundin a group ofwordsCaesuraA pause inthe middleof a line ofpoetryHyperboleExaggerationThequestionThe first thingyou shouldread whenlooking atunseen poetryOnomatopoeiaWords thatsound likethe noisethey aredescribingVerbActionor doingwordsImageryUsinglanguage topaint apicture in thereader's mindNounThe namesof peopleplaces andthingsAdjectiveWords thatdescribepeople,places andthingsRhymeWhen theendings ofdifferentwords soundthe sameMetpahorWhen youdescribesomething as ifit is somethingelseStanzaAparagraphin a poemListof 3Listing 3words orideas in arowZoomorphsimWhen youmake apersonsound likean animal

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