EUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astorySYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherFICTIONAmade-up storyMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”ANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherPUNA playonwordsLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”APOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETNOVELA longwork offictionClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsFABLEA briefstory witha moralMORALA lessonormessagein a storyFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthVERBActionwordALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astorySYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherFICTIONAmade-up storyMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”ANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherPUNA playonwordsLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”APOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETNOVELA longwork offictionClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsFABLEA briefstory witha moralMORALA lessonormessagein a storyFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthVERBActionwordALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsounds

General ELA Terms - 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 mild or polite expression for something harsh
    EUPHEMISM
  2. The struggle between opposing forces in a story
    CONFLICT
  3. Word with the same or nearly the same meaning as another
    SYNONYM
  4. A made-up story
    FICTION
  5. A comparison without using “like” or “as”
    METAPHOR
  6. A word opposite in meaning to another
    ANTONYM
  7. A play on words
    PUN
  8. SUFFIX
    Letters added to the end of a word to change meaning
  9. Figure of speech comparing unlike things using “like” or “as”
    SIMILE
  10. Punctuation mark showing possession or contraction
    APOSTROPHE
  11. A word that describes a noun
    ADJECTIVE
  12. The main idea of a story
    THEME
  13. A Person, place, thing, or idea
    NOUN
  14. Group of lines in a poem
    STANZA
  15. The perspective from which a story is told
    VIEWPOINT
  16. Word that sounds like the noise it describes
    ONOMATOPOEIA
  17. SONNET
    A type of poem with 14 lines
  18. A long work of fiction
    NOVEL
  19. CLIMAX
    Climax or turning point in a story
  20. Time and place of a story
    SETTING
  21. HYPERBOLE
    Exaggeration for effect
  22. DIALOGUE
    Words spoken by characters in a story
  23. Giving human qualities to nonhuman things
    PERSONIFICATION
  24. A brief story with a moral
    FABLE
  25. A lesson or message in a story
    MORAL
  26. The use of hints about what will happen later
    FORESHADOWING
  27. DENOTATION
    The dictionary definition of a word
  28. A story passed down by word-of-mouth
    FOLKTALE A
  29. Action word
    VERB
  30. Repetition of consonant sounds
    ALLITERATION