MORALA lessonormessagein a storyNOVELA longwork offictionFABLEA briefstory witha moralClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXPUNA playonwordsCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astorySETTINGTime andplace ofa storyFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthTHEMEThe mainidea of astorySIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”FICTIONAmade-up storyMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”ONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsVERBActionwordThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherMORALA lessonormessagein a storyNOVELA longwork offictionFABLEA briefstory witha moralClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXPUNA playonwordsCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astorySETTINGTime andplace ofa storyFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthTHEMEThe mainidea of astorySIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”FICTIONAmade-up storyMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”ONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsVERBActionwordThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanother

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