SYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherFABLEA briefstory witha moralEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”THEMEThe mainidea of astorySIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”FORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterPUNA playonwordsSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionNOVELA longwork offictionADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUESTANZAGroup oflines in apoemPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONFICTIONAmade-up storyVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryMORALA lessonormessagein a storyExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEVERBActionwordSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherFABLEA briefstory witha moralEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”THEMEThe mainidea of astorySIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”FORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterPUNA playonwordsSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionNOVELA longwork offictionADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUESTANZAGroup oflines in apoemPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONFICTIONAmade-up storyVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryMORALA lessonormessagein a storyExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEVERBActionword

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