(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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These two newspapers were enjoyed by many readers. Addison stated his goal was to ‘enliven morality
with
wit, and to temper
wit with morality.’
The Tatler and the Spectator
Lewis Carroll is the pen name used by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He was the eldest son and third child of the Rev. Charles Dodgson and Frances Jane Lutwidge. He and his 10 siblings grew up in isolated villages in the English countryside. Carroll
Lewis Carroll
In medieval thought, these were considered the "two swords of God" maintaining order in society.
The Church and the King
Poem generally structured in the form of 14 lines, usually iambic pentameter, that expresses a thought or idea and utilizes an established rhyme scheme.
Sonnet
Narrative poem, divided into four parts - the Challenge, the Knightly Quest, The temptation and the Return Blow. Medieval Meaning - intended to teach the virtues of chivalry and knighthood.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Means rebirth; describes a renewed interest in the classics and the graeco-roman culture;
Renaissance
First writer to be buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey
Geoffrey Chaucer
British-French writer and historian; Born in France, grew up in England
One of the most prolific writers in England in the early 20th Century
Belloc was also an orator, poet, sailor, satirist, writer of letters, soldier, and political activist
His
Hillaire Belloc
Born in Thornton, Yorkshire, in 1816, Brontë was the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood. She began writing poetry and short stories at a young age, and later turned to novels. Brontë died in 1855 at the age of 38, a
Charlotte Bronte
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer, best known for classics like "Treasure Island" and "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". He was born in Edinburgh, studied law, but ultimately pur
Robert Louis Stevenson
Old English epic poem in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most important and most often translated works of Old English literature.
Beowulf
Known for their charm and wordplay;
Known for satire, drama, and literary criticism.
Cavalier Poets
Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) was one of the most important of English women poets both in range and quality. She excelled in works of fantasy, in poems for children, and in religious poetry. Rossetti was deeply religious, which strongl
Christina Rossetti
Anne was born in 1820, the youngest of six children. She was educated at home by her aunt and later attended Roe Head School. She worked as a governess for several years. Anne died in 1849 of tuberculosis. Anne, who wrote under the pseudonym "A
Anne Bronte
This sub-genre, which mostly occurs in the Victorian time period, builds upon the foundation of Romanticism; made strange of what should have been familiar, a sense of the ‘uncanny’
Gothic Literature
A prominent Romantic poet and philosopher who lived from 1792 to 1822. Known for his passionate exploration of love, nature, and social justice, he is considered one of the greatest lyric poets in the English language. Shelley's poetry, often cha
Percy Shelley
Known for their complex, intellectual verse that blends deep philosophical exploration with striking, often unconventional metaphors. Their works frequently address themes such as love, death, faith, and the nature of the soul, while using intri
Metaphysical Poetry
Presents a knight undertaking a series of adventures (a quest): battles, supernatural events, repeated events, and standardized characters
Chivalric Literature
The structure in which Shakespeare wrote all of his plays
5 Act Play Composition
Poems that tell stories, often of folk origin - are quite common in this time period.
Ballads
a prominent English Romantic poet, known for his vivid imagery, sensuous descriptions, and exploration of classical themes. His poems, including "Ode to a Nightingale" and "Ode on a Grecian Urn," are celebrated for their beauty and emotional dep
John Keats
Considered to be the height of the English renaissance–the “golden age” of England
-time of relative peace, leading to flowering of art, literature, and philosophy
Elizabethan Period
Britain Becomes Powerful
Culture and Art
Scientific Progress & Industrialization
Social Structure and Daily Life
Challenges/
Negative Aspects
Queen Victoria’s Legacy
Victorian Era
John Henry Newman (1801-1890) was an English Catholic theologian, academic, and writer, initially an Anglican priest and later a cardinal, known for his intellectual contributions and his conversion from Anglicanism to Catholicism. He was a key
John Henry Newman
Often used to describe the whole of what might be called the Catholic revival in the Church of England. More properly it refers to the activities and ideas of an initially small group of people in the University of Oxford who argued against the i
Oxford Movement
Magician who was deserted on an island
Prospero
Turning something into poetry
Versification
Descriptive phrase or adjective that highlights a characteristic or quality of a person or thing. It can be used to add depth, color, or a heightened sense of description to the writing.
Epithets
Reacted against Enlightenment, but swinging wide the other way, with an ‘idolatry of the heart’, where feeling, nature, senses, and emotions ruled. It could be light-hearted or melancholy. Poetry was the most common written outpouring
Romantic Era
A vivid window into London life, major events, and gossip
Samuel Pepys’ Diary
This movement challenged traditional forms, focusing on subjective experience, individual consciousness, and experimental language. Writers like Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, and E.M. Forster were prominent figures in this period.
Modernism
A gathering of the main bodies of legends of King Arthur into one narrative. It is the best-known work of fifteenth-century English literature.
Le Morte d'Arthur
Had a mastery of the English language, character development, universal themes;
Wrote many sonnets and plays during the reign of Elizabeth I
Shakespeare
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was a British novelist, journalist, and social critic. Born in Portsmouth, England, Dickens experienced poverty and hardship, including working in a blacking factory at age 12 after his father was imprisoned for debt.
Charles Dickens
exposes mankind's foibles, framed within a journey taken by a man to the ‘four corners’ of the world, where he encountered different races of people and different challenges.
Gulliver's Travels
Story of a scientist who created a monster
Frankenstein
Author of Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, depicting profound themes of creation and temptation. Milton almost has a foot in Elizabethan age and 17th Century
John Milton
Writers of pamphlets and other materials who wanted to encourage people to return to the Catholic Church and the teachings of the Church Fathers
Tractarians
Bram Stoker, born Abraham Stoker in 1847, was an Irish author. He was a sickly child, unable to walk until he was seven, but later became a successful athlete at Trinity College, Dublin, where he studied science, mathematics, history, and orator
Bram Stoker
The earliest book to have been written on British soil;
written by the heretic Pelagius
Commentary on St. Paul
Reaction against rules and conventions; Self-expression and individuality valued highly; Delight in unspoiled nature; Intuition over reason. Pastoral (country) over Urban.
Romanticism
Born in Thornton, Yorkshire in 1818. Her mother died when she was young, and she and her siblings were raised by their father, a clergyman, and their aunt. She attended Cowan School with her sister Charlotte. After leaving school, Emily and her
Emily Bronte
Born and raised in England
Was a rather large man, and had a sense of humor about his size; Wrote in half-dozen genres, and mastered nearly all of them
Often called the most quoted man in England-certainly one of the most prolific, writing about 10
GK Chesterton
Poetic device; repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words; adds a musicality
Alliteration
A legend in literature is a traditional story or group of stories told about a particular person or place.
Legend
Known for his allegorical poetry;
Major work:
The Faerie Queene;
Edmund Spenser
A shift from Elizabethan Unity
to revolution and change.
Of the time reflected these changes with clarity of prose and deep explorations in poetry, and emerging critical literature for both for written and dramatic word
17th Century
Tells a story through verse. It incorporates elements of storytelling, like plot, characters, and setting, but uses poetic devices such as meter, rhyme, and imagery
Narrative Poetry
A collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury Cathedral to visit the shrine of St. Thomas Becket. The pilgrims, representing different social classes, are gathered at the Tabard Inn in London before embarking on t
The Canterbury Tales
A Christian’s Journey through Life
The Pilgrim’s Progress
Writing style with stanzas made of 9 lines, eight of which are written in iambic pentameter (has ‘5 beats’) and the 9th in iambic hexameter (has ‘6 feet’ or beats’).
Spenserian Stanza
A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable
Iambic Pentameter
An English novelist, best known for her Gothic horror novel "Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus" (1818), often considered the first science fiction novel
Mary Shelley
Still regarded as one of the most significant translations of the Bible
King James Version of Bible
George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, was a prominent English novelist and poet of the Victorian era, known for her realistic and psychologically insightful novels, including Middlemarch, Adam Bede, and The Mill on the Floss. She was high
George Eliot
a very amusing pantomime elephant; One is not thought of where the other is not also brought to mind
Each saw the other as the superior mind and writer
They were what can be termed, in the truest sense, men of letters. They were poets, novelists, e
Chesterbelloc Beast
was a prominent Irish playwright, novelist, and literary critic. He was known for his witty and satirical plays that often critiqued social structures and the hypocrisy of Victorian society. Shaw was also a passionate socialist and a member of t
George Bernard Shaw
He wrote the Ecclesial History of the British Nation, which has become the most important primary source of English history
Venerable Bede
Used bold metaphors to explore love and spirituality
Metaphysical Poets
Follows Elizabeth Bennet as she navigates social expectations and finds love with the initially arrogant Fitzwilliam Darcy.
Pride and Prejudice
“identifying what is real and what is not”. In other words, we see/hear inside the characters heads, and really get to know them. Their thoughts, their motivations, their triumphs, and their flaws. “This form of literature used journalistic techn
Realism
Subgenre of Romanticism
Sin, torment, evil, personal guilt that can’t be removed, supernatural were big themes
More dark and mysterious characters such as monsters and vampires
Perhaps the external world is not to be trusted. Nature could betray.
Dark Romaticism
Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1865. He was sent to England for schooling at the age of five and returned to India at 17. He was a British novelist, short-story writer, and poet, best known for his stories and poems set in Ind
Rudyard Kipling
Was a central figure in the English Romantic poetry movement, known for his intimate connection to nature and his use of everyday language. Notable work is Tintern Abbey.
William Wordsworth
Author, playwright and poet Oscar Wilde was a popular literary figure in late Victorian England. After graduating from Oxford University, he lectured as a poet, art critic and a leading proponent of the principles of aestheticism. In 1891, he pub
Oscar
Wilde
Understanding human nature and intellect, as well as and optimistic belief and championing of human progress characterized this age.
The reaction against all of that came out in satire, often penned by the growing middle class
There were stark con
18th Century
English novelist best known for her six novels, which offer social commentary and explore the lives of the landed gentry in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Her work is celebrated for its wit, realism, and insightful observations of human
Jane Austen
Lyrics were short melodic poems, usually expressing intense personal emotion
Lyrics
Reaction against the Industrial Revolution, and the French Revolution - reconnect with human goodness
Took nature, and human nature, as something that was positive and light. Virtue and goodness present. Looking outward. Hope. Joy.
Light Romanticism
Long narrative poem, story is quite simple, progress is made throughout towards the end goal, but path is seldom the shortest one; move slowly, developing in detail the characteristics of greatness of its leading man, the epic hero; grandeur of t
Epic Poetry
A highly influential English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian, widely regarded as a founder of the Romantic Movement in England. He is best known for his poems, particularly "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
Samuel Coleridge
Paved the way for Shakespeare and contributed to the development of English drama
Christopher Marlowe
