VIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astorySTANZAGroup oflines in apoemPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsFICTIONAmade-up storyLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”APOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEPUNA playonwordsMORALA lessonormessagein a storyANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherNOVELA longwork offictionFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounFABLEA briefstory witha moralALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETVERBActionwordSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”SYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astorySTANZAGroup oflines in apoemPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsFICTIONAmade-up storyLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”APOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEPUNA playonwordsMORALA lessonormessagein a storyANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherNOVELA longwork offictionFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounFABLEA briefstory witha moralALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETVERBActionwordSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”SYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanother

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