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