to convincesomeone tobelievesomethingimprovegiving humancharacteristicsto somethingnonhumansomethingthat standsforsomethingelsethe wayan authorwritesstatedclearlythe resultof aparticularcausehow atext isarrangeda shorterpiece of alongertextdecide ordeterminea writer’spositiononsomethinglife lesson acharacterlearns fromthe conflictrepetitionofconsonantsoundsreferenceto anothertextaudienceknowssomethingcharactersdo notoppositeof whatyouexpectform oflanguage ina particularplace(accent)showingfavor to onething morethan anotherwordchoicecentralidea; whatthe text isall aboutmakes aclaim withevidenceand reasonsdictionarydefinitionhow thewriter feelswhenwritingrepetitionof vowelsoundsmakeknownlanguagethat appealsto your fivesenseshow theREADERfeels whenreadingopposite ofmainargument;counterclaimexplainin moredetailcomparisonusing “like”or “as”communicatea messagechangein thepoemfeelinga wordinvokesto givespecialimportanceto somethingconversationbetweencharacterscomparisonwithout likeor asto providefacts andinformationto convincesomeone tobelievesomethingimprovegiving humancharacteristicsto somethingnonhumansomethingthat standsforsomethingelsethe wayan authorwritesstatedclearlythe resultof aparticularcausehow atext isarrangeda shorterpiece of alongertextdecide ordeterminea writer’spositiononsomethinglife lesson acharacterlearns fromthe conflictrepetitionofconsonantsoundsreferenceto anothertextaudienceknowssomethingcharactersdo notoppositeof whatyouexpectform oflanguage ina particularplace(accent)showingfavor to onething morethan anotherwordchoicecentralidea; whatthe text isall aboutmakes aclaim withevidenceand reasonsdictionarydefinitionhow thewriter feelswhenwritingrepetitionof vowelsoundsmakeknownlanguagethat appealsto your fivesenseshow theREADERfeels whenreadingopposite ofmainargument;counterclaimexplainin moredetailcomparisonusing “like”or “as”communicatea messagechangein thepoemfeelinga wordinvokesto givespecialimportanceto somethingconversationbetweencharacterscomparisonwithout likeor asto providefacts andinformation

Academic Vocabulary 2 - 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. to convince someone to believe something
  2. improve
  3. giving human characteristics to something nonhuman
  4. something that stands for something else
  5. the way an author writes
  6. stated clearly
  7. the result of a particular cause
  8. how a text is arranged
  9. a shorter piece of a longer text
  10. decide or determine
  11. a writer’s position on something
  12. life lesson a character learns from the conflict
  13. repetition of consonant sounds
  14. reference to another text
  15. audience knows something characters do not
  16. opposite of what you expect
  17. form of language in a particular place (accent)
  18. showing favor to one thing more than another
  19. word choice
  20. central idea; what the text is all about
  21. makes a claim with evidence and reasons
  22. dictionary definition
  23. how the writer feels when writing
  24. repetition of vowel sounds
  25. make known
  26. language that appeals to your five senses
  27. how the READER feels when reading
  28. opposite of main argument; counterclaim
  29. explain in more detail
  30. comparison using “like” or “as”
  31. communicate a message
  32. change in the poem
  33. feeling a word invokes
  34. to give special importance to something
  35. conversation between characters
  36. comparison without like or as
  37. to provide facts and information