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