decide ordeterminea shorterpiece of alongertextdictionarydefinitionto convincesomeone tobelievesomethingcomparisonusing “like”or “as”life lesson acharacterlearns fromthe conflictto givespecialimportanceto somethinga writer’spositiononsomethingimproveform oflanguage ina particularplace(accent)how thewriter feelswhenwritinghow theREADERfeels whenreadingthe resultof aparticularcausecentralidea; whatthe text isall aboutrepetitionof vowelsoundschangein thepoemoppositeof whatyouexpectopposite ofmainargument;counterclaimsomethingthat standsforsomethingelseconversationbetweencharactersto providefacts andinformationstatedclearlyaudienceknowssomethingcharactersdo notrepetitionofconsonantsoundsgiving humancharacteristicsto somethingnonhumanexplainin moredetailwordchoicemakeknowncommunicatea messagehow atext isarrangedshowingfavor to onething morethan anotherfeelinga wordinvokeslanguagethat appealsto your fivesensesthe wayan authorwritesreferenceto anothertextmakes aclaim withevidenceand reasonscomparisonwithout likeor asdecide ordeterminea shorterpiece of alongertextdictionarydefinitionto convincesomeone tobelievesomethingcomparisonusing “like”or “as”life lesson acharacterlearns fromthe conflictto givespecialimportanceto somethinga writer’spositiononsomethingimproveform oflanguage ina particularplace(accent)how thewriter feelswhenwritinghow theREADERfeels whenreadingthe resultof aparticularcausecentralidea; whatthe text isall aboutrepetitionof vowelsoundschangein thepoemoppositeof whatyouexpectopposite ofmainargument;counterclaimsomethingthat standsforsomethingelseconversationbetweencharactersto providefacts andinformationstatedclearlyaudienceknowssomethingcharactersdo notrepetitionofconsonantsoundsgiving humancharacteristicsto somethingnonhumanexplainin moredetailwordchoicemakeknowncommunicatea messagehow atext isarrangedshowingfavor to onething morethan anotherfeelinga wordinvokeslanguagethat appealsto your fivesensesthe wayan authorwritesreferenceto anothertextmakes aclaim withevidenceand reasonscomparisonwithout likeor as

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