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