ANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherMORALA lessonormessagein a storyADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”FABLEA briefstory witha moralALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemVERBActionwordTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionPUNA playonwordsNOVELA longwork offictionFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”Climax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETFICTIONAmade-up storyONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherMORALA lessonormessagein a storyADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”FABLEA briefstory witha moralALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemVERBActionwordTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionPUNA playonwordsNOVELA longwork offictionFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”Climax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETFICTIONAmade-up storyONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLE

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