PunA playonwordsAlliterationA group ofwords thatstart with thesame soundOxymoronTwocontrastingideas placedtogehterPersonificationWhen youmake anobject soundlike a livingthingOnomatopoeiaWords thatsound likethe noisethey aredescribingRhetoricalQuestionQuestionsthat don'tneed ananswerVerbActionor doingwordsImageryUsinglanguage topaint apicture in thereader's mindRepetitionRepeatingthe sameword or ideaover andoverRhymeWhen theendings ofdifferentwords soundthe sameTwoHow manytimes shouldyou read apoem youhaven't seenbeforeCaesuraA pause inthe middleof a line ofpoetryStanzaAparagraphin a poemZoomorphsimWhen youmake apersonsound likean animalSimileWhen youcompar esomething tosomething elseusing like or asSibilanceTherepetition ofan 's' soundin a group ofwordsNounThe namesof peopleplaces andthingsTheTitleThe part ofthe poemyou shouldread firstMetpahorWhen youdescribesomething as ifit is somethingelseAdverbWordsthatdescribeactionsRhythmThe beatof a songor a poemListof 3Listing 3words orideas in arowHyperboleExaggerationAdjectiveWords thatdescribepeople,places andthingsThequestionThe first thingyou shouldread whenlooking atunseen poetryPunA playonwordsAlliterationA group ofwords thatstart with thesame soundOxymoronTwocontrastingideas placedtogehterPersonificationWhen youmake anobject soundlike a livingthingOnomatopoeiaWords thatsound likethe noisethey aredescribingRhetoricalQuestionQuestionsthat don'tneed ananswerVerbActionor doingwordsImageryUsinglanguage topaint apicture in thereader's mindRepetitionRepeatingthe sameword or ideaover andoverRhymeWhen theendings ofdifferentwords soundthe sameTwoHow manytimes shouldyou read apoem youhaven't seenbeforeCaesuraA pause inthe middleof a line ofpoetryStanzaAparagraphin a poemZoomorphsimWhen youmake apersonsound likean animalSimileWhen youcompar esomething tosomething elseusing like or asSibilanceTherepetition ofan 's' soundin a group ofwordsNounThe namesof peopleplaces andthingsTheTitleThe part ofthe poemyou shouldread firstMetpahorWhen youdescribesomething as ifit is somethingelseAdverbWordsthatdescribeactionsRhythmThe beatof a songor a poemListof 3Listing 3words orideas in arowHyperboleExaggerationAdjectiveWords thatdescribepeople,places andthingsThequestionThe first thingyou shouldread whenlooking atunseen poetry

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