VERBActionwordExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherMORALA lessonormessagein a storyPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsPUNA playonwordsSETTINGTime andplace ofa storySTANZAGroup oflines in apoemFABLEA briefstory witha moralNOVELA longwork offictionFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”Climax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”Letters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXFICTIONAmade-up storyONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryVERBActionwordExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherMORALA lessonormessagein a storyPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsPUNA playonwordsSETTINGTime andplace ofa storySTANZAGroup oflines in apoemFABLEA briefstory witha moralNOVELA longwork offictionFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”Climax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”Letters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXFICTIONAmade-up storyONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshTHEMEThe 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. Action word
    VERB
  2. HYPERBOLE
    Exaggeration for effect
  3. Punctuation mark showing possession or contraction
    APOSTROPHE
  4. A word opposite in meaning to another
    ANTONYM
  5. A lesson or message in a story
    MORAL
  6. Giving human qualities to nonhuman things
    PERSONIFICATION
  7. A play on words
    PUN
  8. Time and place of a story
    SETTING
  9. Group of lines in a poem
    STANZA
  10. A brief story with a moral
    FABLE
  11. A long work of fiction
    NOVEL
  12. The use of hints about what will happen later
    FORESHADOWING
  13. DENOTATION
    The dictionary definition of a word
  14. DIALOGUE
    Words spoken by characters in a story
  15. A comparison without using “like” or “as”
    METAPHOR
  16. CLIMAX
    Climax or turning point in a story
  17. A Person, place, thing, or idea
    NOUN
  18. A story passed down by word-of-mouth
    FOLKTALE A
  19. Repetition of consonant sounds
    ALLITERATION
  20. The perspective from which a story is told
    VIEWPOINT
  21. Figure of speech comparing unlike things using “like” or “as”
    SIMILE
  22. SUFFIX
    Letters added to the end of a word to change meaning
  23. A made-up story
    FICTION
  24. Word that sounds like the noise it describes
    ONOMATOPOEIA
  25. The struggle between opposing forces in a story
    CONFLICT
  26. SONNET
    A type of poem with 14 lines
  27. A word that describes a noun
    ADJECTIVE
  28. Word with the same or nearly the same meaning as another
    SYNONYM
  29. A mild or polite expression for something harsh
    EUPHEMISM
  30. The main idea of a story
    THEME