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Genre Review bingo cards with literary genres, fiction types, and literary devices for middle school.
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These bingo cards help students in Grades 7–8 review literary genres and related concepts across 30 terms. The word list covers fiction types like science fiction and historical fiction, nonfiction forms like memoir and biography, folklore categories like myth and legend, and literary devices including personification and alliteration. Use them for vocabulary review before a unit test, a warm-up activity, or as an editing template for similar literature lessons.

Subject:
English / Language Arts
Topic:
Literature
Grade Level:
7th – 8th Grades
Updated January 2026

Word List

  • Drama
  • Nonfiction
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • Folklore
  • Author’s Purpose
  • Entertain
  • Persuade
  • Inform
  • Realistic Fiction
  • Historical Fiction
  • Science Fiction
  • Fantasy
  • Biography
  • Autobiography
  • Memoir
  • Myth
  • Legend
  • Fairy Tale
  • Tall Tale
  • Fable
  • biography, diary, interview, article, report
  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  • Medusa
  • The Tortoise & the Hare
  • Little Red Riding Hood
  • Personification
  • Alliteration
  • Hyperbole
  • Paul Bunyan

How to Use This Bingo Cards

Print a class set of unique bingo cards for classroom games, review sessions, or parties. Click 'View Bingo Cards' to choose how many cards to generate and customize the word list.

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