8th-Grade ELA Bingo - 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.

1. Conversations between two or more characters in a story
   Dialogue
2. Asking questions
   Interrogative Mood
3. Textual Evidence
   Evidence from a fiction or nonfiction text that can be used to support ideas, arguments, opinions, and thoughts.
4. A verb form that makes a statement.
   Indicative Mood
5. The nemesis of the main character in a story.
   Antagonist
6. Expresses the main idea of the paragraph in which it occurs
   Topic Sentence
7. The one who tells a story.
   Narrator
8. The position being taken in the argument.
   Claim
9. Provides information to clarify, prove, or explain the main idea
   Supporting Details
10. It can be used between times and dates.
    Dash
11. A subject is a recipient of a verb's action.
    Passive Voice
12. Expressing wishes, suggestions, or desires
    Subjunctive Mood
13. Functions as a noun and end with -ing
    Gerund
14. Bridge
    to link one idea to another and create a smooth transition between ideas
15. Used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word
    Hyphen
16. Verb form used to signify that something is contingent upon the outcome of something else.
    Conditional Mood
17. Verb form used to make a command or a request.
    Imperative Mood
18. Sharing information with readers; describing a process
    Informative Writing
19. Fiction or nonfiction that is storytelling.
    Narrative Writing
20. Transition Words & Phrases
    However, Therefore, First, Then, Next, & In conclusion
21. To + Verb
    Infinitive
22. The main point, main idea, or main message of an informative text.
    Thesis
23. The subject performs the verb of a sentence.
    Active Voice
24. The main character who faces obstacles in a story.
    Protagonist
25. The highest point of tension or drama in a narratives' plot.
    Climax
26. Hook
    Grabs the reader's attention in the introduction
27. The message the writer is trying to convey through the story.
    Theme
28. Determines who tells the story
    Point of View
29. The way authors organize information in text.
    Text Structure
30. Gives credit to the authors of the words or ideas used in your essay
    Citation
31. Relevant reasons, credible facts, and sufficient evidence to support a claim
    Argumentative Writing
32. Plot
    The series of events in a story.
33. Indicates a pause or omission of words
    Ellipsis
34. Verb form used as an adjective
    Participle