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