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