ALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsMORALA lessonormessagein a storyFABLEA briefstory witha moralNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemPUNA playonwordsClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesFICTIONAmade-up storyTHEMEThe mainidea of astorySETTINGTime andplace ofa storyLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXNOVELA longwork offictionCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsVERBActionwordMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”EUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”ALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsMORALA lessonormessagein a storyFABLEA briefstory witha moralNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaSYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLEVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemPUNA playonwordsClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesFICTIONAmade-up storyTHEMEThe mainidea of astorySETTINGTime andplace ofa storyLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXNOVELA longwork offictionCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterPERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsVERBActionwordMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”EUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionSIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”

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