ADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounNOVELA longwork offictionONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryVERBActionwordANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherFICTIONAmade-up storyMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”FORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterMORALA lessonormessagein a storyFABLEA briefstory witha moralThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”SYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEPUNA playonwordsSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounNOVELA longwork offictionONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryVERBActionwordANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherFICTIONAmade-up storyMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”FORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterMORALA lessonormessagein a storyFABLEA briefstory witha moralThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”SYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEPUNA playonwordsSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouth

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