Climax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONVERBActionwordVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionPUNA playonwordsMORALA lessonormessagein a storyFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemFICTIONAmade-up storyNOVELA longwork offictionMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”NOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsFABLEA briefstory witha moralSETTINGTime andplace ofa storySIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”Climax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONVERBActionwordVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionPUNA playonwordsMORALA lessonormessagein a storyFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemFICTIONAmade-up storyNOVELA longwork offictionMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”NOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsFABLEA briefstory witha moralSETTINGTime andplace ofa storySIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”

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