sensorydetailsDetails writtenby the authorthat appeal tosmell, taste,touch, sound,and sight.climaxThe turning point inthe story. This iswhen you see theproblem affecting theplot. Characters andthe whole mood ofthe story begins tochange.narratorThe person thattells the eventsin the story butisn't actually inthe story.metaphorcomparing 2things withoutusing like or as.Example: Sheis a shiningstar!stagedirectionsInformation thattells the castmembersactions' orsetting of theplay.NonfictionTexts thatgivefactualinformationconflictTheproblemin thestorylineA groupof wordsin a row.genreDifferent types oftext. Fiction,Nonfiction, RealisticFiction, HistoricalFiction, Biography,and more.autobiographyWhen apersonwrites a textabout theirown life.summaryThe importantparts of thetext retold inyour ownwords.stanzaA group of linesin a poem.Sometimes wethink of these asparagraphs.resolutionHow theproblem getsresolved andhow thestory ends.biographya text abouta realperson's lifeMainIdeaWhat thestory wasmostlyabout.settingWhen andwhere texttakesplace.playwrightThe personthat writesplays ordramas.sequenceThe orderof thingsin a text.simileCompares 2things usinglike or as.Example: Sheis as pretty as abutterfly.plottheevents ina storytextfeaturesFeatures in thetext thatauthor's use toprovide thereader moreinformation.castThe membersthat make upthe charactersin a play ordrama.Infer /InferenceTo us backgroundknowledge andtext evidence tomake an educatedguess.dialogueParts of thestory thatshowcharacterstalkingsensorydetailsDetails writtenby the authorthat appeal tosmell, taste,touch, sound,and sight.climaxThe turning point inthe story. This iswhen you see theproblem affecting theplot. Characters andthe whole mood ofthe story begins tochange.narratorThe person thattells the eventsin the story butisn't actually inthe story.metaphorcomparing 2things withoutusing like or as.Example: Sheis a shiningstar!stagedirectionsInformation thattells the castmembersactions' orsetting of theplay.NonfictionTexts thatgivefactualinformationconflictTheproblemin thestorylineA groupof wordsin a row.genreDifferent types oftext. Fiction,Nonfiction, RealisticFiction, HistoricalFiction, Biography,and more.autobiographyWhen apersonwrites a textabout theirown life.summaryThe importantparts of thetext retold inyour ownwords.stanzaA group of linesin a poem.Sometimes wethink of these asparagraphs.resolutionHow theproblem getsresolved andhow thestory ends.biographya text abouta realperson's lifeMainIdeaWhat thestory wasmostlyabout.settingWhen andwhere texttakesplace.playwrightThe personthat writesplays ordramas.sequenceThe orderof thingsin a text.simileCompares 2things usinglike or as.Example: Sheis as pretty as abutterfly.plottheevents ina storytextfeaturesFeatures in thetext thatauthor's use toprovide thereader moreinformation.castThe membersthat make upthe charactersin a play ordrama.Infer /InferenceTo us backgroundknowledge andtext evidence tomake an educatedguess.dialogueParts of thestory thatshowcharacterstalking

STAAR 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.


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  1. Details written by the author that appeal to smell, taste, touch, sound, and sight.
    sensory details
  2. The turning point in the story. This is when you see the problem affecting the plot. Characters and the whole mood of the story begins to change.
    climax
  3. The person that tells the events in the story but isn't actually in the story.
    narrator
  4. comparing 2 things without using like or as. Example: She is a shining star!
    metaphor
  5. Information that tells the cast members actions' or setting of the play.
    stage directions
  6. Texts that give factual information
    Nonfiction
  7. The problem in the story
    conflict
  8. A group of words in a row.
    line
  9. Different types of text. Fiction, Nonfiction, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Biography, and more.
    genre
  10. When a person writes a text about their own life.
    autobiography
  11. The important parts of the text retold in your own words.
    summary
  12. A group of lines in a poem. Sometimes we think of these as paragraphs.
    stanza
  13. How the problem gets resolved and how the story ends.
    resolution
  14. a text about a real person's life
    biography
  15. What the story was mostly about.
    Main Idea
  16. When and where text takes place.
    setting
  17. The person that writes plays or dramas.
    playwright
  18. The order of things in a text.
    sequence
  19. Compares 2 things using like or as. Example: She is as pretty as a butterfly.
    simile
  20. the events in a story
    plot
  21. Features in the text that author's use to provide the reader more information.
    text features
  22. The members that make up the characters in a play or drama.
    cast
  23. To us background knowledge and text evidence to make an educated guess.
    Infer / Inference
  24. Parts of the story that show characters talking
    dialogue