SETTINGTime andplace ofa storyPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”Wordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterPUNA playonwordsMORALA lessonormessagein a storyA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”FICTIONAmade-up storySYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryFABLEA briefstory witha moralADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemNOVELA longwork offictionVERBActionwordSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”Wordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterPUNA playonwordsMORALA lessonormessagein a storyA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”FICTIONAmade-up storySYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryFABLEA briefstory witha moralADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemNOVELA longwork offictionVERBActionword

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