quotationa directstatementfrom apassagedramaticironyThe audienceknows what ishappening, butthe characterdoesn'tthesisThe sentencein an essay thatstates what thewhole passageis about.transitionswords orphrases thatconnectsentences orparagraphstruisma statementthat manywill agreewithThepronoun"I"a wordthat isalwayscapitalizedsatirea way of writingabout a flaw orfailure insociety byexaggerating itto absurdity.dictionwordchoicecounterargumentanopposingside of anissueanecdoteapersonalstorythemea messagethat theauthorrevealssoliloquywhen acharacter in adramatic workspeaks directlyto the audienceMetaphoran unusualcomparisonwithout usinglike or asAllusionIndirectreference toanother famousbook,movie, orhistorical event3rd personomniscientthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofmore than onecharactersemi-colonpunctuationthat dividesindependentclausesmotifan object, image,sound, or phrasethat is repeatedthroughout a storyto point toward thestory's largerthemepersonificationgiving humanqualities tosomethingthat is nothumanoxymorona figure ofspeech withopposingmeanings likejumbo shrimpmoodrefers to theemotionsthat a textevokes fromthe readercolonpunctuationthat statesa list isfollowingtoneTheauthor'sattitudeA.P.E.+Tanswer thequestion;provide textevidence;explain it andadd a truismhomonyma word thatsounds thesame but isspelleddifferentlyimagerycreating apicturewithwordsconnotationemotionalconnectionto a wordfragmenta group of wordswith a subjectand verb but itdoesn't expressa completethoughtcomplexsentencea dependent+ anindependentclause3rdpersonlimitedthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofone characterquotationa directstatementfrom apassagedramaticironyThe audienceknows what ishappening, butthe characterdoesn'tthesisThe sentencein an essay thatstates what thewhole passageis about.transitionswords orphrases thatconnectsentences orparagraphstruisma statementthat manywill agreewithThepronoun"I"a wordthat isalwayscapitalizedsatirea way of writingabout a flaw orfailure insociety byexaggerating itto absurdity.dictionwordchoicecounterargumentanopposingside of anissueanecdoteapersonalstorythemea messagethat theauthorrevealssoliloquywhen acharacter in adramatic workspeaks directlyto the audienceMetaphoran unusualcomparisonwithout usinglike or asAllusionIndirectreference toanother famousbook,movie, orhistorical event3rd personomniscientthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofmore than onecharactersemi-colonpunctuationthat dividesindependentclausesmotifan object, image,sound, or phrasethat is repeatedthroughout a storyto point toward thestory's largerthemepersonificationgiving humanqualities tosomethingthat is nothumanoxymorona figure ofspeech withopposingmeanings likejumbo shrimpmoodrefers to theemotionsthat a textevokes fromthe readercolonpunctuationthat statesa list isfollowingtoneTheauthor'sattitudeA.P.E.+Tanswer thequestion;provide textevidence;explain it andadd a truismhomonyma word thatsounds thesame but isspelleddifferentlyimagerycreating apicturewithwordsconnotationemotionalconnectionto a wordfragmenta group of wordswith a subjectand verb but itdoesn't expressa completethoughtcomplexsentencea dependent+ anindependentclause3rdpersonlimitedthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofone character

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