LITERARY TERM BINGO BINGO SLOTS 1 5 9
LITERARY TERM BINGO
BINGO SLOTS! 1 5 9 13 17 21 25 2 6 10 14 18 22 26 3 7 11 15 19 23 27 4 8 12 16 20 24 28
1 Julie eyed the stage, taking in the blue ribbons and the white flowers. “You know, I just think we need more color. ” “I think you’re right, ” says Marnie. “Why not some red? ” Under the stage, Frank smiled grimly as he placed the finishing touches to his bomb.
2 � The rapper Eminem is well-known for his song writing ability, but he is equally known for his shockingly profane and obscene lyrical content. Eminem has made a fortune selling his curse filled songs to millions of children around the world. But, on a 60 Minutes interview, Eminem claimed that there was no swearing in his own home and that his children were not allowed to play music with curse words, including his own tracks.
3 �I can smell pizza from a mile away. � Allie has a million pairs of shoes in her closet. � Max is the fastest thing on two feet.
4 � Yesterday, a child was found missing. �I pulled out the chicken only to find that it had freezer burn. � “I think that Georgina is pretty ugly, personally. ”
5 � You know, Bob, without your glasses, you are just as blind as a bat. � Proctoring � I’m this test is like watching paint dry. so thirsty that my throat is as dry as a bone.
6 � This assignment is a breeze. � She always was just another trophy to Ricardo, another object to possess. � The typical teenage boy’s room is a disaster area.
7 � Jim knocked over his cup of water, spilling it all over himself. He was terribly embarrassed. � Vs. � Jim knocked over his cup of water, spilling it all over himself. His face turned bright red and his hands shook as he desperately tried to clean up the mess.
8 � In Night, an example of this was “Cruelty creates more cruelty, ” or “The traumas of the holocaust dehumanize people so much that it breaks their relationships with each other. ”
9 � In Things Fall Apart, the coming of the white man was one of the central _______(s) � In Oedipus, the _______ was that there was a plague on the city and a murder needed to be found.
10 � These three statements all have very different_____ � What are you talking about? ! � Come on, baby, don’t be that way. � I just got a promotion!
11 Examples � Soup in Night � The kola nut in Things Fall Apart � Blindness in Oedipus � American Flag
12 � Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste).
13 � The �I sun smiled down on the world. swear, the Universe is out to get me! � The tree branch kept tapping on the window.
14 �I didn’t know that this was the moment in time and the place where I was leaving my mother and Tzipora forever. � “The yellow star? So what? Its not lethal…” (Poor father! Of what then did you die? )
15 � The hum of a thousand bees � The click of the door in the nighttime � The whispering of the wind through the forest trees
16 � Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers. � Wicked �A Witch of the West went her own way. big bully beat the little boy.
17 �I feel depressed and restless � The � Men engineer held the steering wheel. sell the wedding bells.
18 � By the time my parents get home, dinner is ready and the table is set. My father drops his bag at the door and kisses my head. �I think about running, but the dog will be faster than me. I can’t wrestle it to the ground. My head pounds. I have to make a decision.
19 � The boy came close and peered down at Ralph, screwing up his face as he did so. What he saw of the fair-haired boy with the creamy shell on his knees did not seem to satisfy him. � Jack planned his new face. He made one cheek and one eye-socket white, then he rubbed red over the other half of his face…
20 Based on this picture, I can tell that these shoes have been worn continuously by a dancer. She probably loved them a great deal and would be sad not to have them any more. This is called: ________________
21 � The hallway smelled of boiled cabbage and old rag mats. At one end of it, a colored poster, too large for indoor display, had been tacked to the wall. It depicted simply an enormous face….
22 � House � Cheap � Smile vs. Home vs. Inexpensive vs. Smirk � Soggy vs. Moist
23 � “There was no moon, and everything beneath lay in misty darkness: not a light gleamed from any house, far or near all had been extinguished long ago: and those at Wuthering Heights were never visible…” � � Depressing “Gimmerton chapel bells were still ringing; and the full, mellow flow of the beck in the valley came soothingly on the ear. It was a sweet substitute for the yet absent murmur of the summer foliage, which drowned that music about the Grange when the trees were in leaf. ” � Soothing
24 �A mean old man ate a large meal at a restaurant. The waitress tried to provide him with excellent service, but every time she brought him a dish, he complained. First he thought that the soup was too cold when it was hot. Then he complained that one of her blonde hairs was in his mashed potatoes, but the hair was actually grey like his own. She remained patient and continued to try to help him until the end of the meal, when he left her a quarter for a tip. She replied on his way out, “Thank you for the generous tip, Mister. ”
25 � “Man, he’s such a Romeo with the ladies. ” � This place is like the Garden of Eden. I hope there aren’t any snakes! � The rise in poverty will unlock the Pandora’s box of crimes. – This is an allusion to one of Greek Mythology’s origin myth, “Pandora’s box”.
26 � The � Fat, dictionary definition of a word. obese, and overweight all technically mean the same thing.
27 � The art of effective speech or writing. It usually uses several different devices in order to do be effective.
28 �A repeated image throughout a story. � Blindness, sight, and sickness in Oedipus � Money, dolls, and acting in A Doll’s House � Faith and religion in Night
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