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