describe(imagery)informcompareandcontrastauthor'spurposechronologicalsecondpoint ofviewfirst,second,next, then,lastentertainfiction ornonfictionMay 1May 25June 1causeandeffectauthoruses 5sensesauthorwrites thefactscoldreadfirstpoint ofviewexplainsequence(procedure)authorwants tosell agamebiographyannotate orparaphrasepersuadeautobiographyhad anaccidentcar in theshophow dogsare catsare alikedescribe(imagery)informcompareandcontrastauthor'spurposechronologicalsecondpoint ofviewfirst,second,next, then,lastentertainfiction ornonfictionMay 1May 25June 1causeandeffectauthoruses 5sensesauthorwrites thefactscoldreadfirstpoint ofviewexplainsequence(procedure)authorwants tosell agamebiographyannotate orparaphrasepersuadeautobiographyhad anaccidentcar in theshophow dogsare catsare alike

Expository and Author's Purpose 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.


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  1. describe (imagery)
  2. inform
  3. compare and contrast
  4. author's purpose
  5. chronological
  6. second point of view
  7. first, second, next, then, last
  8. entertain
  9. fiction or nonfiction
  10. May 1 May 25 June 1
  11. cause and effect
  12. author uses 5 senses
  13. author writes the facts
  14. cold read
  15. first point of view
  16. explain
  17. sequence (procedure)
  18. author wants to sell a game
  19. biography
  20. annotate or paraphrase
  21. persuade
  22. autobiography
  23. had an accident car in the shop
  24. how dogs are cats are alike