PUNA playonwordsNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”VERBActionwordSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXFABLEA briefstory witha moralExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthFICTIONAmade-up storyMORALA lessonormessagein a storyMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”NOVELA longwork offictionTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryPUNA playonwordsNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”VERBActionwordSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXFABLEA briefstory witha moralExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthFICTIONAmade-up storyMORALA lessonormessagein a storyMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”NOVELA longwork offictionTHEMEThe mainidea of astory

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