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