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