Thedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”CONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterMORALA lessonormessagein a storyFICTIONAmade-up storyTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryFABLEA briefstory witha moralSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherPUNA playonwordsClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXNOVELA longwork offictionVERBActionwordSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”FOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”CONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterMORALA lessonormessagein a storyFICTIONAmade-up storyTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryFABLEA briefstory witha moralSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherPUNA playonwordsClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXNOVELA longwork offictionVERBActionwordSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”FOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouth

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