(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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Verbs ending in ing or ed that are used as adjectives
participles
Scrooge's former boss' name
Fezziwig
A word that has more than one definition
polysemous
The setting of A Christmas Carol
Victorian London
The number of nights it took the spirits to change Scrooge
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The author of The Tell-Tale Heart
Edgar Allan Poe
A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun
Prepositional phrase
Lonely, isolated, sad, or depressed
desolate
Giving off or shedding light
luminous
These change a word's part of speech
Suffixes
harmless, gentle, or pleasant
benign
Able to hold a lot; roomy or spacious
capacious
Characters who undergo a significant change
Dynamic characters
Words like although, if, and when that are used to make dependent clauses
Subordinating Conjunctions
The number of wishes the monkey's paw granted its owner
3
There are 26 of these verbs, including may, might, and must
Helping verbs
Obvious and noticeable
overt
examples include: "he's nuts" and "when pigs fly"
idioms
These change a word's meaning
Prefixes
To make sense or be logical
coherent
The number of nights the narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart stalked the old man
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The repetition of the same vowel sound in a group of words
assonance
To be filled to the point of overflowing
teem
A sentence with one dependent and one independent clause
Complex Sentence
The author of A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
The repetition of the same consonant sound in a group of words
consonance
Sad and longing for something that has passed
wistful
How poems are written (line by line)
verse
breaking down a word into its roots and affixes to determine its meaning
Structural analysis
A horrible act or crime, usually resulting in serious injury
atrocity
The error made from joining two independent clauses with only a comma
Comma Splice
Intimidating, large, or difficult to overcome
formidable
Verbs ending in ing that are used as nouns
gerunds
To try or attempt to do something
endeavor
The number of years the Franks and Van Daans were in hiding
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When the audience realizes something the characters don't
dramatic irony
verbs that must have a direct object
Transitive Verbs
Describes someone who is careful and concerned with the small details of something
meticulous
verbs that do not show action, like is or seems
Linking verbs
To comfort someone when they are upset
solace
A trembling fear or nervousness about something that might happen
trepidation
The protagonist of A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge
A sentence with exactly one independent clause
Simple sentence
Describes something that is absolutely necessary or crucial
imperative
Characters who stay the same
Static characters
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Coordinating conjunctions
A sentence with two or more independent clauses
Compound sentence
A line of poetry that runs on to the next without punctuation
enjambment
