Reading STAAR Words - 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. main problem in a story
   conflict
2. to look closely at
   examine
3. a person or creature in a story.
   character
4. a word that is spelled the same, but has a different meaning
   homonym
5. an explanation or description of a graphic feature
   caption
6. A problem or struggle within yourself
   Internal Conflict
7. the way a narrator tells a story
   point of view
8. The location and time period where a story takes place
   Setting
9. point where the characters must face the conflict
   climax
10. comparison: being almost the same as something else.
    Similar
11. A similarity between two separate things
    Connection
12. as different as possible.
    opposite/contrast
13. a fact that describes, explains, or strengthens the main idea
    supporting detail
14. the narrator knows the thoughts, feelings, and actions of ALL the characters
    omniscient point of view
15. A problem or struggle against another person/group/idea
    External Conflict
16. a nonfiction text that explains an idea
    expository text
17. a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word.
    synonym
18. the final outcome of the plot
    resolution
19. beginning of a story that explains the characters and conflict
    Exposition
20. the reason someone does something
    motivation
21. Clearly stated; not hidden
    Explicit
22. The basic sequence/order of the events of a story
    Plot
23. events that happen after the climax
    falling action
24. the lesson or moral of the story
    Theme
25. a character tells a story using "I" or "We"
    first-person point of view
26. the person who tells the story
    narrator
27. the narrator ONLY knows the thoughts feelings, and actions of ONE (or a few) characters
    limited point of view
28. The reason an author writes a text
    Author's Purpose
29. to move forward when it is difficult
    perseverance
30. a word that has the opposite meaning of another word.
    antonym
31. a narrator tells a story using "they," "he," and" she."
    third-person
32. hints that an author gives to help the reader figure out the meaning of unknown words in a text.
    context clue
33. the most important idea in a text
    main idea
34. Implied and not clearly stated
    Implicit
35. events that build up the conflict
    rising action