Academic Vocabulary - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. The first sentence of a paragraph that says what the paragraph will be about
   Topic Sentence
2. related to a topic
   Relevant
3. No opinions, just facts
   Non-biased
4. to restate information using your own words
   Paraphrase
5. to give reasons or evidence to prove something
   Justify
6. NOT related to a topic
   Irrelevant
7. Adding a citation to the end of a sentence
   In-text citation
8. facts or details from a reading to support or prove an answer
   Text-Evidence
9. to explain how & why
   Analyze
10. The author's exact words in quotation marks
    Direct Quote
11. to give a brief overview of the main points of something.
    Summarize
12. an opinion statement that can be supported with evidence.
    Claim
13. A list of sources used in an essay
    Works Cited Page
14. An explanation why you used that text-evidence
    Reasoning
15. a statement saying what the article is mostly about
    Main Idea
16. to make a conclusion about the reading using text evidence and background knowledge.
    Inference
17. to decide if something is good or bad
    Evaluate
18. The life lesson or moral of the story
    Theme
19. Narrative techniques that make your writing more interesting (Ex: simile, idiom)
    Narrative Craft Moves
20. How to analyze a character in a story
    Look at the character's actions, thoughts, and motivations
21. A strategy to annotate and understand a test question
    Break Down the Question
22. What would you evaluate in a science experiment?
    the data collected in the science experiment
23. an outline or plot diagram that is used to plan your writing
    Graphic Organizer
24. Using someone else's words and not giving them credit
    Plagiarism
25. How do you justify your answer in a math problem?
    explain your reasoning and show your math calculations
26. Best/Most Important
    Significant
27. A strategy using process of elimination to determine an answer
    Yes, No, Maybe So
28. the clues around the unknown word to get the meaning
    Context Clues
29. A question that is answered through research
    Research Question
30. A strategy to evaluate answer options as a trick answer or important answer
    Interesting or Important?
31. to figure out
    Determine