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These bingo cards cover 24 essential literary and rhetorical terms for 9th Grade English classes. The word list includes narrative elements like exposition and climax, figurative language like metaphor and hyperbole, and rhetorical appeals like ethos and pathos. Use them for vocabulary review before a literature unit, as a quiz alternative, or edit them as a template for other literature-focused activities.

Subject:
English / Language Arts
Topic:
Literature
Grade Level:
9th Grade
Updated December 2025

Word List

  • exposition
  • rising action
  • protagonist
  • internal conflict
  • external conflict
  • theme
  • 3rd person limited
  • 3rd person omniscient
  • 1st person
  • falling action
  • climax
  • alliteration
  • simile
  • metaphor
  • hyperbole
  • syntax
  • diction
  • ethos
  • pathos
  • logos
  • antithesis
  • allusion
  • analogy
  • repetition

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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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