STAAR Vocabulary - 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. Cover the word that means a type or style of writing. (Example: fiction, non-fiction, historical fiction, poetry, biography)
   genre
2. Cover the word that means to tell a story.
   narrative
3. What do we use to fill in this organizer? Cover it.
   central idea & details
4. What kind of organizer is this? Cover it.
   sequence
5. Cover the word that means a true story written about a real person.
   biography
6. FREE
7. Cover the word that means the small parts added to a story to give more meaning. It supports the central idea.
   detail
8. FREE
9. Cover the word that is a synonym for selection.
   passage
10. Cover the words that mean because the story says.
    according to the selection
11. Cover the word that means a group of letters BEFORE a word to change its meaning.
    prefix
12. What kind of organizer is this? Cover it.
    cause & effect
13. Cover the word that means to decide or determine using the information in the story.
    conclude
14. Cover the words that mean to express.
    to tell
15. FREE
16. Cover the word that means, words in a story that help to show feeling, emotion, colors, and more. It helps make that picture in your mind.
    imagery
17. Cover the words that mean a title, a picture or caption, map, or graphic organizer. All these items are called a __________.
    text feature
18. FREE
19. FREE
20. Cover the words that mean the central idea.
    mostly about
21. FREE
22. Cover the words that mean what you learn from the story; the moral.
    theme
23. Cover the word that means the person who wrote the story or passage.
    author
24. Cover the word that means the opposite.
    antonym
25. Cover the words that mean why the author wrote it. Hint: ADE (to answer, to describe, to explain)
    author’s purpose
26. Cover the words that mean the person who read the story or passage.
    the reader
27. Cover the word that means the same.
    synonym
28. FREE
29. Cover the word that means a group of letters AFTER a root word to change its meaning.
    suffix
30. Cover the word that is a synonym for photograph.
    picture
31. Cover word that means to “figure out”. (use your background knowledge + clues in the text)
    infer
32. Cover the word that describes what you might find at the end of each line in a poem.
    rhyme
33. Cover the words that mean the word and meanings from a dictionary.
    dictionary entry
34. Cover the words that mean a poem that tells a story.
    narrative poem
35. Cover the word which means a labeled picture.
    diagram
36. Cover the word that means what the whole story is about. It includes the beginning, middle, and end.
    summary