STANZAGroup oflines in apoemPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounNOVELA longwork offictionExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLETHEMEThe mainidea of astoryA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionMORALA lessonormessagein a storyFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherFICTIONAmade-up storyVERBActionwordFABLEA briefstory witha moralClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”Wordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEPUNA playonwordsMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”Thedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounNOVELA longwork offictionExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLETHEMEThe mainidea of astoryA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionMORALA lessonormessagein a storyFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherFICTIONAmade-up storyVERBActionwordFABLEA briefstory witha moralClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”Wordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEPUNA playonwordsMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”Thedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryANTONYMA 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. Group of lines in a poem
    STANZA
  2. Giving human qualities to nonhuman things
    PERSONIFICATION
  3. Time and place of a story
    SETTING
  4. A Person, place, thing, or idea
    NOUN
  5. A word that describes a noun
    ADJECTIVE
  6. A long work of fiction
    NOVEL
  7. HYPERBOLE
    Exaggeration for effect
  8. The main idea of a story
    THEME
  9. SONNET
    A type of poem with 14 lines
  10. Punctuation mark showing possession or contraction
    APOSTROPHE
  11. A lesson or message in a story
    MORAL
  12. A story passed down by word-of-mouth
    FOLKTALE A
  13. A mild or polite expression for something harsh
    EUPHEMISM
  14. Repetition of consonant sounds
    ALLITERATION
  15. The perspective from which a story is told
    VIEWPOINT
  16. SUFFIX
    Letters added to the end of a word to change meaning
  17. Word that sounds like the noise it describes
    ONOMATOPOEIA
  18. Word with the same or nearly the same meaning as another
    SYNONYM
  19. A made-up story
    FICTION
  20. Action word
    VERB
  21. A brief story with a moral
    FABLE
  22. CLIMAX
    Climax or turning point in a story
  23. Figure of speech comparing unlike things using “like” or “as”
    SIMILE
  24. DIALOGUE
    Words spoken by characters in a story
  25. A play on words
    PUN
  26. A comparison without using “like” or “as”
    METAPHOR
  27. DENOTATION
    The dictionary definition of a word
  28. The use of hints about what will happen later
    FORESHADOWING
  29. The struggle between opposing forces in a story
    CONFLICT
  30. A word opposite in meaning to another
    ANTONYM