NOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUENOVELA longwork offictionFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”Exaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEFICTIONAmade-up storyPUNA playonwordsLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”PERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsFABLEA briefstory witha moralADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldVERBActionwordSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemMORALA lessonormessagein a storyNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUENOVELA longwork offictionFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”Exaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEFICTIONAmade-up storyPUNA playonwordsLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”PERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsFABLEA briefstory witha moralADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONTHEMEThe mainidea of astoryCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldVERBActionwordSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemMORALA lessonormessagein a story

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