Giving humanqualities toanimals, objects,or ideas.  The repetition of aword or phrase atthe beginning ofsuccessivesentences or lines.  Words thatimitatesounds.  Life is arollercoaster,full of upsand downs. I’ve told youa thousandtimes toclean yourroom! A comparisonbetween twothings usingthe words"like" or "as."The pie smelledof warmcinnamon andsweet apples,its crust goldenbrown.The car spedaway like arocket on thehighway. A play on wordsthat uses similarsounds or multiplemeanings to befunny or clever.  A questionasked foreffect, not toget an answer.  The whistlingwindwanderedthrough thewoods. The beesbuzzed, andthe watersplashed.The sunsmileddown onus. A directcomparisonbetween twothings withoutusing "like" or "as."  Anexaggerationused to make apoint or createan effect.  A chain cansymbolizeoppression orunity,depending oncontext. The repetitionof the samestarting soundin a series ofwords.  When an object,color, or actionrepresents adeeper meaningor idea.  A questionasked foreffect, not toget ananswer.A word or phrasemade byrearranging theletters of anotherword or phrase.  Isn't itobvious? Using descriptivelanguage to createvivid pictures inthe reader's mind,appealing to thesenses.  Every day,I wake up.Every day,I strive. Listen→Silent  Giving humanqualities toanimals, objects,or ideas.  The repetition of aword or phrase atthe beginning ofsuccessivesentences or lines.  Words thatimitatesounds.  Life is arollercoaster,full of upsand downs. I’ve told youa thousandtimes toclean yourroom! A comparisonbetween twothings usingthe words"like" or "as."The pie smelledof warmcinnamon andsweet apples,its crust goldenbrown.The car spedaway like arocket on thehighway. A play on wordsthat uses similarsounds or multiplemeanings to befunny or clever.  A questionasked foreffect, not toget an answer.  The whistlingwindwanderedthrough thewoods. The beesbuzzed, andthe watersplashed.The sunsmileddown onus. A directcomparisonbetween twothings withoutusing "like" or "as."  Anexaggerationused to make apoint or createan effect.  A chain cansymbolizeoppression orunity,depending oncontext. The repetitionof the samestarting soundin a series ofwords.  When an object,color, or actionrepresents adeeper meaningor idea.  A questionasked foreffect, not toget ananswer.A word or phrasemade byrearranging theletters of anotherword or phrase.  Isn't itobvious? Using descriptivelanguage to createvivid pictures inthe reader's mind,appealing to thesenses.  Every day,I wake up.Every day,I strive. Listen→Silent 

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE - 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. Giving human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas.
  2. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences or lines.
  3. Words that imitate sounds.
  4. Life is a rollercoaster, full of ups and downs.
  5. I’ve told you a thousand times to clean your room!
  6. A comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as."
  7. The pie smelled of warm cinnamon and sweet apples, its crust golden brown.
  8. The car sped away like a rocket on the highway.
  9. A play on words that uses similar sounds or multiple meanings to be funny or clever.
  10. A question asked for effect, not to get an answer.
  11. The whistling wind wandered through the woods.
  12. The bees buzzed, and the water splashed.
  13. The sun smiled down on us.
  14. A direct comparison between two things without using "like" or "as."
  15. An exaggeration used to make a point or create an effect.
  16. A chain can symbolize oppression or unity, depending on context.
  17. The repetition of the same starting sound in a series of words.
  18. When an object, color, or action represents a deeper meaning or idea.
  19. A question asked for effect, not to get an answer.
  20. A word or phrase made by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
  21. Isn't it obvious?
  22. Using descriptive language to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind, appealing to the senses.
  23. Every day, I wake up. Every day, I strive.
  24. Listen → Silent