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