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