(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.
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NAMES: A character's name reveals his or her complexity or ambiguity.
A PHYSICAL JOURNEY is important to the work's meaning.
A POLITICAL OR SOCIAL ISSUE is important to the work's meaning.
BETRAYAL: One character betrays another, themselves or their own beliefs.
THE PAST: A character is still affected by events from the past.
INACTION: A character fails to respond or act at a crucial moment.
A MYSTERY is investigated in a non-detective novel.
ALIENATION: A character feels isolated from family, society, or another important group.
'THOUGHTFUL LAUGHTER': A scene or work that makes you laugh...and think.
A MENTOR has a major major impact on another character's worldview.
TIME: The text uses time in an unusual or distinct way.
HOPE: What a character's hopes reveals about his or her values.
POWER: A character is motivated by the desire for power.
GENDER: Tensions between men and women are important to the work's meaning.
CHILDHOOD is important, whether positive or negative.
A TRAGIC HERO who suffers, but also causes suffering for others.
CONFORMITY: A character outwardly conforms, but inwardly questions.
DEATH: A death scene is important to the work's meaning.
SACRIFICE: What a character gives up reveals his or her values.
GENERATION GAP: Older and younger characters see the world differently.
MONEY: Wealth or lack of wealth are important to the work's meaning.
MORAL AMBIGUITY: A character who is neither "purely good" nor "purely evil."
CRUELTY: What acts of cruelty reveal about the perpetrator or victim.
CHARACTER FOIL: We learn about one character via another character's contrasting traits.
