ALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsNOVELA longwork offictionSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyPUNA playonwordsCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUESTANZAGroup oflines in apoemThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesFABLEA briefstory witha moralExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”NOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”VERBActionwordA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterFICTIONAmade-up storyPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsMORALA lessonormessagein a storyFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsNOVELA longwork offictionSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyPUNA playonwordsCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUESTANZAGroup oflines in apoemThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesFABLEA briefstory witha moralExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”NOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”VERBActionwordA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterFICTIONAmade-up storyPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsMORALA lessonormessagein a storyFOLKTALEAA 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. Repetition of consonant sounds
    ALLITERATION
  2. A long work of fiction
    NOVEL
  3. Time and place of a story
    SETTING
  4. A play on words
    PUN
  5. The struggle between opposing forces in a story
    CONFLICT
  6. DIALOGUE
    Words spoken by characters in a story
  7. Group of lines in a poem
    STANZA
  8. DENOTATION
    The dictionary definition of a word
  9. Punctuation mark showing possession or contraction
    APOSTROPHE
  10. Word that sounds like the noise it describes
    ONOMATOPOEIA
  11. A brief story with a moral
    FABLE
  12. HYPERBOLE
    Exaggeration for effect
  13. CLIMAX
    Climax or turning point in a story
  14. Figure of speech comparing unlike things using “like” or “as”
    SIMILE
  15. A Person, place, thing, or idea
    NOUN
  16. A comparison without using “like” or “as”
    METAPHOR
  17. Action word
    VERB
  18. SONNET
    A type of poem with 14 lines
  19. The main idea of a story
    THEME
  20. A word that describes a noun
    ADJECTIVE
  21. Word with the same or nearly the same meaning as another
    SYNONYM
  22. A mild or polite expression for something harsh
    EUPHEMISM
  23. A word opposite in meaning to another
    ANTONYM
  24. SUFFIX
    Letters added to the end of a word to change meaning
  25. The perspective from which a story is told
    VIEWPOINT
  26. The use of hints about what will happen later
    FORESHADOWING
  27. A made-up story
    FICTION
  28. Giving human qualities to nonhuman things
    PERSONIFICATION
  29. A lesson or message in a story
    MORAL
  30. A story passed down by word-of-mouth
    FOLKTALE A