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Bingo cards with poetic techniques and literary devices: metaphor, simile, alliteration, personification, and irony.
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These bingo cards feature 21 poetic techniques and literary devices for middle and high school students. The word list includes figurative language like metaphors, similes, and personification, alongside structural and sound devices such as enjambment, assonance, and onomatopoeia. Use these cards to review poetry vocabulary during a unit on literature or as a vocabulary-building activity before analyzing poems in class.

Subject:
English / Language Arts
Topic:
Literature
Grade Level:
6th – 12th Grades
Updated October 2024

Word List

  • Alliteration
  • Allusion
  • Assonance
  • Contrast
  • Enjambment
  • Form
  • Juxtaposition
  • Hyperbole
  • Idioms
  • Imagery
  • Irony
  • Metaphors
  • Onomatopoeia
  • Personification
  • Satire
  • Sibilance
  • Simile
  • Sound
  • Symbolism
  • Theme
  • Tone

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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