(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 series of events in a story
plot
a guess based on clues in the story and your own experiences
inference
way of looking at something
perspective
something an author writes about his own life
autobiography
comparing unlike things using "like" or "as"
simile
to briefly restate the main ideas
summarize
believable and convincing
credible
retelling something in your own words
paraphrase
one who tells the story
narrator
how the author sees something
point of view
repeat someone else's words giving them credit
quote
organization the author uses to connect ideas
text structure
story from someone who was not there
secondary source
pictures created in the reader's mind
imagery
description of distinctive qualities of someone
characterization
time, place, and conditions in which a story takes place
setting
story from someone who was there
primary source
a story's message or lesson
theme
words characters say to each other
dialog
comparing unlike things without using "like" or "as"
metaphor
description that is exaggerated
hyperbole
text structure that sequences
chronological
words that do not have a literal meaning
figurative language
sentence or phrase that has a nonliteral meaning
idiom