(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.
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The person who is telling the story or poem.
To help form or support an idea
Why something is important, good or helpful
Using a physical object to represent an abstract idea (ex: river represents a journey, a storm represents trouble)
The lesson or moral of the story; What does the author want you to learn about life
The pattern of rhyming words in a poem: ABBA ABAB CDDC CDCD
Not literal, the author doesn’t actually mean what they are saying. They are being creative.
Show, hint, point out, give an idea
Give hints or clues about what will happen later in the story.
Why something is important; what something means
Figure something out for yourself something that was not directly stated in the text
Shows how 2 things are similar or alike
Comparing two things by using like or as (ex: stuck on you like glue; as hungry as a horse)
How a character or the author sees something. Their view or opinions on a situation.
The events in a story
An author’s opinion or position
Using descriptive words and phrases to create images in a reader’s head.
Comparing two things without using like or as (ex: Baby you’re a firework; My heart’s a stereo)
Describing an object by using human terms (ex: the trees danced in the wind)
How an author feels about something; argument
To effect, influence, or change.
One group of lines in a poem. It is separated by a space from other stanzas. It is like a paragraph for poems.
