Climax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryFABLEA briefstory witha moralSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”FORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUESETTINGTime andplace ofa storyExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”ADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounPUNA playonwordsEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldVERBActionwordNOVELA longwork offictionPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETFICTIONAmade-up storyANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherMORALA lessonormessagein a storyCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryFABLEA briefstory witha moralSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”FORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUESETTINGTime andplace ofa storyExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”ADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounPUNA playonwordsEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldVERBActionwordNOVELA longwork offictionPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETFICTIONAmade-up storyANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherMORALA lessonormessagein a storyCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astory

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