to be, am,is, are, was,were, has,have, hadshow hownouns orpronounsrelate toother wordsspecificname of aperson,place, orthingFANBOYSfor, and,nor, but,or, yet, soanexaggerationfor effectThe contrastbetweenexpectationand realitytwo dissimilarthings withoutusing like/asany generalperson,place, orthingalso knownas anexclamation!long works offiction thattell animaginarystorywriting that isnot poetry -organized insentences andparagraphsa word thatdescribes averb andusually endswith -lywhen two ormore wordshave the samebeginningsoundwords thathave thesame endingsoundsshowingactioncompare twodissimilarthings usinglike/asa wordthatdescribesa nounlonger thana short story,but shorterthan a novelexpressionsthat shouldnot be takenliterallyhe, she, it,they, her,him, thiers,ours, yoursa wordthatmakes asoundgroupedlines whichmay repeatin poetrygiving humanor lifelikequalities toan objectverbs thatare alwayspreceded bythe word "to"to be, am,is, are, was,were, has,have, hadshow hownouns orpronounsrelate toother wordsspecificname of aperson,place, orthingFANBOYSfor, and,nor, but,or, yet, soanexaggerationfor effectThe contrastbetweenexpectationand realitytwo dissimilarthings withoutusing like/asany generalperson,place, orthingalso knownas anexclamation!long works offiction thattell animaginarystorywriting that isnot poetry -organized insentences andparagraphsa word thatdescribes averb andusually endswith -lywhen two ormore wordshave the samebeginningsoundwords thathave thesame endingsoundsshowingactioncompare twodissimilarthings usinglike/asa wordthatdescribesa nounlonger thana short story,but shorterthan a novelexpressionsthat shouldnot be takenliterallyhe, she, it,they, her,him, thiers,ours, yoursa wordthatmakes asoundgroupedlines whichmay repeatin poetrygiving humanor lifelikequalities toan objectverbs thatare alwayspreceded bythe word "to"

ELA Academic Language - 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. to be, am, is, are, was, were, has, have, had
  2. show how nouns or pronouns relate to other words
  3. specific name of a person, place, or thing
  4. FANBOYS for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
  5. an exaggeration for effect
  6. The contrast between expectation and reality
  7. two dissimilar things without using like/as
  8. any general person, place, or thing
  9. also known as an exclamation !
  10. long works of fiction that tell an imaginary story
  11. writing that is not poetry - organized in sentences and paragraphs
  12. a word that describes a verb and usually ends with -ly
  13. when two or more words have the same beginning sound
  14. words that have the same ending sounds
  15. showing action
  16. compare two dissimilar things using like/as
  17. a word that describes a noun
  18. longer than a short story, but shorter than a novel
  19. expressions that should not be taken literally
  20. he, she, it, they, her, him, thiers, ours, yours
  21. a word that makes a sound
  22. grouped lines which may repeat in poetry
  23. giving human or lifelike qualities to an object
  24. verbs that are always preceded by the word "to"