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