(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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Irony: When the unexpected happens
Character vs. Self: Ex: A character trying to decide whether to cheat on a test.
Respond: to say, show, and/or act in response to a question, action, event, claim, or counterclaim
Internal Conflict: A problem that takes place within a character
Denotation: The dictionary definition of a word
Chapter: the main sections of a book
Convey: To explain
Evidence: Proof that supports a claim
Drama: a story designed to be presented to an audience by actors; a lot of dialogue; a play
Climax: The turning point in the story
Inference: using background knowledge and text evidence to make an educated guess
Metaphor: A comparison of two things by calling the first thing the second thing.
Conclude: To come to a decision about something
Tone: The way the author intended for the reader to feel (created using word choice, atmosphere, and setting).
Setting: When and where a story takes place
Mood: The way that the reader feels after reading a passage.
Conflict: Any problem or issue in the story
External Conflict: A problem between a character and an outside force.
Plot: Everything that happens in a story
Compare: To look at how things are alike
Narrator:
Foreshadowing: Clues in the story that hint at what is coming next
Point of View: How we see things when reading a story (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
Contrast: To look at how things are different
Support: To back something up or prove it.
Character vs. Character: Ex: Two characters battling.
Summary: A description of what a story or article is about---use the 5 w’s to help narrow down information (who, what, when, where, why).
Character vs. Society: Ex: A character who gets in trouble for breaking the law.
Imagery: Descriptive language that creates a picture in your mind.
Reasons:
Argument:
Stanza: A paragraph in a poem
Describe: to explain something in words with many details
Text: anything you can read or look at for information
Connotation: The feelings or emotions attached to a word.
Explicit: stated clearly and directly
Dialogue: A conversation between characters in a story
Characterization: The ways that authors give us information about characters in a story.
Elaborate:
Central idea: What the passage is mostly about
Characters: People or animals who take part in a story
Figurative Language: Language that cannot be taken literally.
Author’s Purpose: The reason an author wrote something (Three reasons can be remembered using the acronym PIE)
Evaluate:
Event: a thing that happens
Opinion:
Theme: The moral or lesson of a story
Perspective: Who is telling the story and how their opinions/outlook shape the story.
Alliteration: When the same beginning sound is repeated in a couple of words
Character vs. Nature: Ex: A character hiding underground from a tornado.
Claim: A statement of opinion
Hyperbole: An extreme exaggeration
Simile: A comparison of two things using the words like or as
Fact:
Context Clues:
Flashback: A jump back in time to explain a current event or situation
Contribute: To add to something
Personification: When a poet or author gives a non-human thing, human abilities
