FICTIONAmade-up storyVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”ADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounVERBActionwordONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”STANZAGroup oflines in apoemPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLENOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaFABLEA briefstory witha moralThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astorySETTINGTime andplace ofa storyNOVELA longwork offictionClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherPUNA playonwordsAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionMORALA lessonormessagein a storyA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETFICTIONAmade-up storyVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”ADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounVERBActionwordONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”STANZAGroup oflines in apoemPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLENOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaFABLEA briefstory witha moralThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astorySETTINGTime andplace ofa storyNOVELA longwork offictionClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherPUNA playonwordsAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionMORALA lessonormessagein a storyA 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. A made-up story
    FICTION
  2. The perspective from which a story is told
    VIEWPOINT
  3. Figure of speech comparing unlike things using “like” or “as”
    SIMILE
  4. A word that describes a noun
    ADJECTIVE
  5. Action word
    VERB
  6. Word that sounds like the noise it describes
    ONOMATOPOEIA
  7. A word opposite in meaning to another
    ANTONYM
  8. Repetition of consonant sounds
    ALLITERATION
  9. A comparison without using “like” or “as”
    METAPHOR
  10. Group of lines in a poem
    STANZA
  11. Giving human qualities to nonhuman things
    PERSONIFICATION
  12. The main idea of a story
    THEME
  13. A mild or polite expression for something harsh
    EUPHEMISM
  14. HYPERBOLE
    Exaggeration for effect
  15. A Person, place, thing, or idea
    NOUN
  16. A brief story with a moral
    FABLE
  17. DENOTATION
    The dictionary definition of a word
  18. The use of hints about what will happen later
    FORESHADOWING
  19. DIALOGUE
    Words spoken by characters in a story
  20. A story passed down by word-of-mouth
    FOLKTALE A
  21. The struggle between opposing forces in a story
    CONFLICT
  22. Time and place of a story
    SETTING
  23. A long work of fiction
    NOVEL
  24. CLIMAX
    Climax or turning point in a story
  25. SUFFIX
    Letters added to the end of a word to change meaning
  26. Word with the same or nearly the same meaning as another
    SYNONYM
  27. A play on words
    PUN
  28. Punctuation mark showing possession or contraction
    APOSTROPHE
  29. A lesson or message in a story
    MORAL
  30. SONNET
    A type of poem with 14 lines