TEST PREP BINGO - 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. 
   making connections
2. person telling the story
   narrator
3. helps to understand what is going on in a picture
   caption
4. "What is the best summary of the excerpt?
   summary
5. WORDS THAT GIVE DIRECTIONS ON WHAT TO DO IN A PLAY
   STAGE DIRECTIONS
6. text structure that explains why something happened
   cause and effect
7. "Which sentence from the selection best highlights that the author thinks ______?"
   text evidence
8. adds emphasis to important words
   bold
9. "The word ___in paragraph___means . . ."
   context clues
10. text structure in which you are identifying similarities and differences
    compare and contrast
11. "The word___comes from the Latin word ___,which helps the reader understand that the word ___ means . . . "
    Greek/Latin Roots
12. the narrator is not a character in the story
    third person point of view
13. "What lesson does the narrator learn in the passage?"
    theme
14. 
    main idea
15. to represent or stand for something
    symboize
16. the paragraphs of poetry
    stanzas
17. Stating of another piece of writing in your own words
    paraphrase
18. 
    making inferences
19. "How does the change in setting from ____ to _____ advance the plot?"
    plot
20. "What does the figurative language in paragraph ____ help the reader understand about _____?"
    figurative language
21. "What is the most likely reason the author wrote this passage?"
    author's purpose
22. 
    imagery
23. "What does paragraph ___ reveal about _____'s thoughts regarding ____'s problem?"
    text evidence
24. 
    text features
25. "What does the point of view of this excerpt help the reader understand?"
    point of view
26. to show how two two ideas, topics or texts are different
    contrast
27. 
    context clues
28. "In lines ___ to __ the stage directions most help the reader understand the ______?"
    drama/ playwright
29. a short passage taken from a story, book, play, article, or other written text
    excerpt
30. to describe something or someone
    characterize
31. what the text is mostly about
    main idea
32. speaking or writing that intends to persuade
    rhetoric
33. tells the main idea of a section of a text
    subheading
34. supporting details or text that supports an idea
    evidence