(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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Personification
Giving human-like qualities to non-living things
Describe
To tell all about it
Exposition
the background information on characters given at the beginning of a story
Plot
the main events in a novel or story
Summarize
to give the short verison of something
Analyze
to break down; to break apart
Evaluate
to judge
Theme
the moral, message or lesson of a story
Formulate
Create
Denouement
takes place at the end of a story; all remaining questions answered
Explain
to tell how
Infer
to read between the lines
Convey
to express a thought, feeling, or idea to be understood; to show
Falling Action
events that take place immediately after the climax
Compare
to identify all the ways something is like
Contrast
to tell all the ways something is different
Hyperbole
Exagerated statements not meant to be taken seriously
Predict
to try to tell what will happen next
Support
to back up with details
Trace
to list in steps
Rising Action
events that happen in a story that lead to the climax
Climax
the point of highest level of interest and emotion; a major turning point in the action
Simile
a comparison of 2 unlike things USING "like" or "as"
Contribute
to give in order to achieve or provide something
Metaphor
a comparison between 2 unlike things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"
Develop
to grow, or increase, or to cause to grow
Foreshadowing
when hints or suggestions are given about events to come
Main Idea/Central Idea
What the story is mainly about from beginning to end
Irony
when a person does or says something outside of what is expected of them
