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