ALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyVERBActionwordMORALA lessonormessagein a storyA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUENOVELA longwork offictionExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”CONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshPUNA playonwordsTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesFICTIONAmade-up storyMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”STANZAGroup oflines in apoemFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounFABLEA briefstory witha moralVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyVERBActionwordMORALA lessonormessagein a storyA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUENOVELA longwork offictionExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”CONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshPUNA playonwordsTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesFICTIONAmade-up storyMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”STANZAGroup oflines in apoemFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounFABLEA briefstory witha moralVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is told

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