APOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astorySYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”PERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLESIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”MORALA lessonormessagein a storyLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesPUNA playonwordsNOVELA longwork offictionADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounFABLEA briefstory witha moralTHEMEThe mainidea of astorySTANZAGroup oflines in apoemALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONFICTIONAmade-up storyVERBActionwordAPOSTROPHEPunctuationmarkshowingpossessionor contractionCONFLICTThe strugglebetweenopposingforces in astorySYNONYMWord with thesame or nearlythe samemeaning asanotherClimax orturningpoint in astoryCLIMAXMETAPHORAcomparisonwithout using“like” or “as”PERSONIFICATIONGivinghumanqualities tononhumanthingsEUPHEMISMA mild orpoliteexpressionfor somethingharshA type ofpoem with14 linesSONNETVIEWPOINTTheperspectivefrom which astory is toldNOUNA Person,place,thing, orideaExaggerationfor effectHYPERBOLESIMILEFigure ofspeechcomparingunlike thingsusing “like” or“as”MORALA lessonormessagein a storyLetters addedto the end ofa word tochangemeaningSUFFIXFOLKTALEAA storypasseddown byword-of-mouthFORESHADOWINGThe use ofhints aboutwhat willhappen laterSETTINGTime andplace ofa storyANTONYMA wordopposite inmeaning toanotherWordsspoken bycharactersin a storyDIALOGUEONOMATOPOEIAWord thatsounds likethe noise itdescribesPUNA playonwordsNOVELA longwork offictionADJECTIVEA wordthatdescribesa nounFABLEA briefstory witha moralTHEMEThe mainidea of astorySTANZAGroup oflines in apoemALLITERATIONRepetitionofconsonantsoundsThedictionarydefinitionof a wordDENOTATIONFICTIONAmade-up storyVERBActionword

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