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