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

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