CONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryVERBActionwordMORALA lessonormessagein a storyANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthFABLEA briefstory witha moralONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”Wordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUESTANZAGroup oflines in apoemNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterFICTIONAmade-up storyPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsSETTINGTime andplace ofa storySYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”A type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshPUNA playonwordsALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLENOVELA longwork offictionThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryVERBActionwordMORALA lessonormessagein a storyANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthFABLEA briefstory witha moralONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”Wordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUESTANZAGroup oflines in apoemNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterFICTIONAmade-up storyPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsSETTINGTime andplace ofa storySYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”A type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshPUNA playonwordsALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLENOVELA longwork offictionThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is told

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