A.P.E.+Tanswer thequestion;provide textevidence;explain it andadd a truismMetaphoran unusualcomparisonwithout usinglike or ashomonyma word thatsounds thesame but isspelleddifferentlytruisma statementthat manywill agreewithanecdoteapersonalstorytransitionswords orphrases thatconnectsentences orparagraphsAllusionIndirectreference toanother famousbook,movie, orhistorical eventmotifan object, image,sound, or phrasethat is repeatedthroughout a storyto point toward thestory's largerthemepersonificationgiving humanqualities tosomethingthat is nothumanthemea messagethat theauthorreveals3rdpersonlimitedthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofone charactertoneTheauthor'sattitudefragmenta group of wordswith a subjectand verb but itdoesn't expressa completethoughtcomplexsentencea dependent+ anindependentclauseoxymorona figure ofspeech withopposingmeanings likejumbo shrimpsatirea way of writingabout a flaw orfailure insociety byexaggerating itto absurdity.dictionwordchoiceimagerycreating apicturewithwordsconnotationemotionalconnectionto a wordsoliloquywhen acharacter in adramatic workspeaks directlyto the audiencedramaticironyThe audienceknows what ishappening, butthe characterdoesn'tcolonpunctuationthat statesa list isfollowingsemi-colonpunctuationthat dividesindependentclausesThepronoun"I"a wordthat isalwayscapitalized3rd personomniscientthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofmore than onecharacterquotationa directstatementfrom apassagethesisThe sentencein an essay thatstates what thewhole passageis about.moodrefers to theemotionsthat a textevokes fromthe readercounterargumentanopposingside of anissueA.P.E.+Tanswer thequestion;provide textevidence;explain it andadd a truismMetaphoran unusualcomparisonwithout usinglike or ashomonyma word thatsounds thesame but isspelleddifferentlytruisma statementthat manywill agreewithanecdoteapersonalstorytransitionswords orphrases thatconnectsentences orparagraphsAllusionIndirectreference toanother famousbook,movie, orhistorical eventmotifan object, image,sound, or phrasethat is repeatedthroughout a storyto point toward thestory's largerthemepersonificationgiving humanqualities tosomethingthat is nothumanthemea messagethat theauthorreveals3rdpersonlimitedthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofone charactertoneTheauthor'sattitudefragmenta group of wordswith a subjectand verb but itdoesn't expressa completethoughtcomplexsentencea dependent+ anindependentclauseoxymorona figure ofspeech withopposingmeanings likejumbo shrimpsatirea way of writingabout a flaw orfailure insociety byexaggerating itto absurdity.dictionwordchoiceimagerycreating apicturewithwordsconnotationemotionalconnectionto a wordsoliloquywhen acharacter in adramatic workspeaks directlyto the audiencedramaticironyThe audienceknows what ishappening, butthe characterdoesn'tcolonpunctuationthat statesa list isfollowingsemi-colonpunctuationthat dividesindependentclausesThepronoun"I"a wordthat isalwayscapitalized3rd personomniscientthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofmore than onecharacterquotationa directstatementfrom apassagethesisThe sentencein an essay thatstates what thewhole passageis about.moodrefers to theemotionsthat a textevokes fromthe readercounterargumentanopposingside of anissue

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