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