SYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyPUNA playonwordsThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”FABLEA briefstory witha moralNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXVERBActionwordFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”ONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesFICTIONAmade-up storyAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUECONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryNOVELA longwork offictionMORALA lessonormessagein a storySTANZAGroup oflines in apoemFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyPUNA playonwordsThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”FABLEA briefstory witha moralNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXVERBActionwordFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”ONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesFICTIONAmade-up storyAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUECONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryNOVELA longwork offictionMORALA lessonormessagein a storySTANZAGroup oflines in apoemFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNET

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