homonyma word thatsounds thesame but isspelleddifferently3rdpersonlimitedthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofone charactercolonpunctuationthat statesa list isfollowingquotationa directstatementfrom apassagethemea messagethat theauthorrevealstoneTheauthor'sattitudecounterargumentanopposingside of anissuedramaticironyThe audienceknows what ishappening, butthe characterdoesn'tpersonificationgiving humanqualities tosomethingthat is nothumanfragmenta group of wordswith a subjectand verb but itdoesn't expressa completethoughtsoliloquywhen acharacter in adramatic workspeaks directlyto the audienceA.P.E.+Tanswer thequestion;provide textevidence;explain it andadd a truismtruisma statementthat manywill agreewithimagerycreating apicturewithwordsoxymorona figure ofspeech withopposingmeanings likejumbo shrimpMetaphoran unusualcomparisonwithout usinglike or asthesisThe sentencein an essay thatstates what thewhole passageis about.Thepronoun"I"a wordthat isalwayscapitalizedmoodrefers to theemotionsthat a textevokes fromthe readersatirea way of writingabout a flaw orfailure insociety byexaggerating itto absurdity.3rd personomniscientthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofmore than onecharactersemi-colonpunctuationthat dividesindependentclausesAllusionIndirectreference toanother famousbook,movie, orhistorical eventmotifan object, image,sound, or phrasethat is repeatedthroughout a storyto point toward thestory's largerthemetransitionswords orphrases thatconnectsentences orparagraphsanecdoteapersonalstorydictionwordchoicecomplexsentencea dependent+ anindependentclauseconnotationemotionalconnectionto a wordhomonyma word thatsounds thesame but isspelleddifferently3rdpersonlimitedthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofone charactercolonpunctuationthat statesa list isfollowingquotationa directstatementfrom apassagethemea messagethat theauthorrevealstoneTheauthor'sattitudecounterargumentanopposingside of anissuedramaticironyThe audienceknows what ishappening, butthe characterdoesn'tpersonificationgiving humanqualities tosomethingthat is nothumanfragmenta group of wordswith a subjectand verb but itdoesn't expressa completethoughtsoliloquywhen acharacter in adramatic workspeaks directlyto the audienceA.P.E.+Tanswer thequestion;provide textevidence;explain it andadd a truismtruisma statementthat manywill agreewithimagerycreating apicturewithwordsoxymorona figure ofspeech withopposingmeanings likejumbo shrimpMetaphoran unusualcomparisonwithout usinglike or asthesisThe sentencein an essay thatstates what thewhole passageis about.Thepronoun"I"a wordthat isalwayscapitalizedmoodrefers to theemotionsthat a textevokes fromthe readersatirea way of writingabout a flaw orfailure insociety byexaggerating itto absurdity.3rd personomniscientthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofmore than onecharactersemi-colonpunctuationthat dividesindependentclausesAllusionIndirectreference toanother famousbook,movie, orhistorical eventmotifan object, image,sound, or phrasethat is repeatedthroughout a storyto point toward thestory's largerthemetransitionswords orphrases thatconnectsentences orparagraphsanecdoteapersonalstorydictionwordchoicecomplexsentencea dependent+ anindependentclauseconnotationemotionalconnectionto a word

Academic Terms for STAAR - 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.


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  1. a word that sounds the same but is spelled differently
    homonym
  2. the narrator reveals the thoughts and feelings of one character
    3rd person limited
  3. punctuation that states a list is following
    colon
  4. a direct statement from a passage
    quotation
  5. a message that the author reveals
    theme
  6. The author's attitude
    tone
  7. an opposing side of an issue
    counter argument
  8. The audience knows what is happening, but the character doesn't
    dramatic irony
  9. giving human qualities to something that is not human
    personification
  10. a group of words with a subject and verb but it doesn't express a complete thought
    fragment
  11. when a character in a dramatic work speaks directly to the audience
    soliloquy
  12. answer the question; provide text evidence; explain it and add a truism
    A.P.E.+T
  13. a statement that many will agree with
    truism
  14. creating a picture with words
    imagery
  15. a figure of speech with opposing meanings like jumbo shrimp
    oxymoron
  16. an unusual comparison without using like or as
    Metaphor
  17. The sentence in an essay that states what the whole passage is about.
    thesis
  18. a word that is always capitalized
    The pronoun "I"
  19. refers to the emotions that a text evokes from the reader
    mood
  20. a way of writing about a flaw or failure in society by exaggerating it to absurdity.
    satire
  21. the narrator reveals the thoughts and feelings of more than one character
    3rd person omniscient
  22. punctuation that divides independent clauses
    semi-colon
  23. Indirect reference to another famous book,movie, or historical event
    Allusion
  24. an object, image, sound, or phrase that is repeated throughout a story to point toward the story's larger theme
    motif
  25. words or phrases that connect sentences or paragraphs
    transitions
  26. a personal story
    anecdote
  27. word choice
    diction
  28. a dependent + an independent clause
    complex sentence
  29. emotional connection to a word
    connotation