PUNA playonwordsADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”VERBActionwordFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaFABLEA briefstory witha moralFICTIONAmade-up storyLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”MORALA lessonormessagein a storyNOVELA longwork offictionAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLESTANZAGroup oflines in apoemVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUECONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshPUNA playonwordsADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”VERBActionwordFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaFABLEA briefstory witha moralFICTIONAmade-up storyLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”MORALA lessonormessagein a storyNOVELA longwork offictionAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLESTANZAGroup oflines in apoemVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUECONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharsh

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