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