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These Literary Terms bingo cards cover 75 essential terms for high school literature and composition study on a 5×5 grid. The word list includes devices like metaphor, simile, and allusion; structural elements such as plot, exposition, and climax; and techniques like foreshadowing and irony. Use them for vocabulary review, test preparation, or as an editing template for unit-specific literary terms.

Subject:
English / Language Arts
Topic:
Literature
Grade Level:
10th – 11th Grades
Updated August 2025

Word List

  • metaphor
  • simile
  • juxtaposition
  • verbal irony
  • dramatic irony
  • situational irony
  • allusion
  • symbolism
  • motif
  • external conflict
  • euphemism
  • visual literacy
  • canted angle
  • close up
  • focus
  • character
  • arc
  • internal conflict
  • annotation
  • theme
  • speaker
  • shift
  • antagonist
  • protagonist
  • composition
  • depth of field
  • directionality
  • conceptual shots
  • high angle
  • low angle
  • lighting
  • anaphora
  • connotation
  • denotation
  • hyperbole
  • mood
  • tone
  • paradox
  • oxymoron
  • verse
  • comma splice
  • sentence fragment
  • iambic beat
  • rhythm
  • assonance
  • cacaphony
  • allegory
  • alliteration
  • aside
  • apostrophe
  • tragic hero
  • blank verse
  • free verse
  • implied metaphor
  • exposition
  • rising action
  • climax
  • falling action
  • plot
  • point of view
  • inference
  • flashback
  • suspense
  • motivation
  • initiating event
  • foreshadowing
  • transcendent thinking
  • title
  • prediction
  • summarize
  • academic language
  • formality
  • satire
  • diction
  • analysis

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