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