VIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldPUNA playonwordsCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”SYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshFICTIONAmade-up storySTANZAGroup oflines in apoemPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsVERBActionwordMORALA lessonormessagein a storyNOVELA longwork offictionSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”ADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsFABLEA briefstory witha moralNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldPUNA playonwordsCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”SYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshFICTIONAmade-up storySTANZAGroup oflines in apoemPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsVERBActionwordMORALA lessonormessagein a storyNOVELA longwork offictionSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”ADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsFABLEA briefstory witha moralNOUNA Person,place,thing, oridea

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