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