VIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”ANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherFABLEA briefstory witha moralNOVELA longwork offictionVERBActionwordFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthPUNA playonwordsClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONFICTIONAmade-up storyPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”EUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshMORALA lessonormessagein a storyCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astorySTANZAGroup oflines in apoemTHEMEThe mainidea of astorySETTINGTime andplace ofa storyWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”ANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherFABLEA briefstory witha moralNOVELA longwork offictionVERBActionwordFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthPUNA playonwordsClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONFICTIONAmade-up storyPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”EUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshMORALA lessonormessagein a storyCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astorySTANZAGroup oflines in apoemTHEMEThe mainidea of astorySETTINGTime andplace ofa storyWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesNOUNA Person,place,thing, oridea

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