NOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterPUNA playonwordsNOVELA longwork offictionANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEFABLEA briefstory witha moralFICTIONAmade-up storySETTINGTime andplace ofa storyLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”METAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”SYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsMORALA lessonormessagein a storyVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionVERBActionwordNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterPUNA playonwordsNOVELA longwork offictionANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEFABLEA briefstory witha moralFICTIONAmade-up storySETTINGTime andplace ofa storyLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”METAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”SYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsMORALA lessonormessagein a storyVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionVERBActionword

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