Wordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEVERBActionwordSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”SYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherPUNA playonwordsFICTIONAmade-up storySIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”PERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsFABLEA briefstory witha moralADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETNOVELA longwork offictionONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLETHEMEThe mainidea of astoryFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionMORALA lessonormessagein a storyANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEVERBActionwordSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astoryNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXSTANZAGroup oflines in apoemMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”SYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherPUNA playonwordsFICTIONAmade-up storySIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”PERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsFABLEA briefstory witha moralADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETNOVELA longwork offictionONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLETHEMEThe mainidea of astoryFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionMORALA lessonormessagein a storyANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is told

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