FOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshMORALA lessonormessagein a storyLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETVERBActionwordFABLEA briefstory witha moralONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUESYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherNOVELA longwork offictionPUNA playonwordsVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”FICTIONAmade-up storySIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”Climax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astorySTANZAGroup oflines in apoemFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshMORALA lessonormessagein a storyLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETVERBActionwordFABLEA briefstory witha moralONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUESYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherNOVELA longwork offictionPUNA playonwordsVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”FICTIONAmade-up storySIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”Climax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astorySTANZAGroup oflines in apoem

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