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

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