VIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldFICTIONAmade-up storyVERBActionwordPUNA playonwordsClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyNOVELA longwork offictionSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”ANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”APOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLESYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryFABLEA briefstory witha moralTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryMORALA lessonormessagein a storyVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldFICTIONAmade-up storyVERBActionwordPUNA playonwordsClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyNOVELA longwork offictionSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”ANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”APOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLESYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryFABLEA briefstory witha moralTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryMORALA lessonormessagein a story

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