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

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