AdverbWordsthatdescribeactionsNounThe namesof peopleplaces andthingsAlliterationA group ofwords thatstart with thesame soundRhythmThe beatof a songor a poemRepetitionRepeatingthe sameword or ideaover andoverImageryUsinglanguage topaint apicture in thereader's mindVerbActionor doingwordsZoomorphsimWhen youmake apersonsound likean animalPersonificationWhen youmake anobject soundlike a livingthingAdjectiveWords thatdescribepeople,places andthingsSimileWhen youcompar esomething tosomething elseusing like or asCaesuraA pause inthe middleof a line ofpoetryOxymoronTwocontrastingideas placedtogehterMetpahorWhen youdescribesomething as ifit is somethingelseStanzaAparagraphin a poemRhetoricalQuestionQuestionsthat don'tneed ananswerPunA playonwordsThequestionThe first thingyou shouldread whenlooking atunseen poetryListof 3Listing 3words orideas in arowOnomatopoeiaWords thatsound likethe noisethey aredescribingSibilanceTherepetition ofan 's' soundin a group ofwordsHyperboleExaggerationTheTitleThe part ofthe poemyou shouldread firstTwoHow manytimes shouldyou read apoem youhaven't seenbeforeRhymeWhen theendings ofdifferentwords soundthe sameAdverbWordsthatdescribeactionsNounThe namesof peopleplaces andthingsAlliterationA group ofwords thatstart with thesame soundRhythmThe beatof a songor a poemRepetitionRepeatingthe sameword or ideaover andoverImageryUsinglanguage topaint apicture in thereader's mindVerbActionor doingwordsZoomorphsimWhen youmake apersonsound likean animalPersonificationWhen youmake anobject soundlike a livingthingAdjectiveWords thatdescribepeople,places andthingsSimileWhen youcompar esomething tosomething elseusing like or asCaesuraA pause inthe middleof a line ofpoetryOxymoronTwocontrastingideas placedtogehterMetpahorWhen youdescribesomething as ifit is somethingelseStanzaAparagraphin a poemRhetoricalQuestionQuestionsthat don'tneed ananswerPunA playonwordsThequestionThe first thingyou shouldread whenlooking atunseen poetryListof 3Listing 3words orideas in arowOnomatopoeiaWords thatsound likethe noisethey aredescribingSibilanceTherepetition ofan 's' soundin a group ofwordsHyperboleExaggerationTheTitleThe part ofthe poemyou shouldread firstTwoHow manytimes shouldyou read apoem youhaven't seenbeforeRhymeWhen theendings ofdifferentwords soundthe same

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