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