3rd personomniscientthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofmore than onecharacterfragmenta group of wordswith a subjectand verb but itdoesn't expressa completethoughtimagerycreating apicturewithwords3rdpersonlimitedthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofone characterthemea messagethat theauthorrevealsoxymorona figure ofspeech withopposingmeanings likejumbo shrimpAllusionIndirectreference toanother famousbook,movie, orhistorical eventpersonificationgiving humanqualities tosomethingthat is nothumandictionwordchoicehomonyma word thatsounds thesame but isspelleddifferentlycounterargumentanopposingside of anissuedramaticironyThe audienceknows what ishappening, butthe characterdoesn'tThepronoun"I"a wordthat isalwayscapitalizedmotifan object, image,sound, or phrasethat is repeatedthroughout a storyto point toward thestory's largerthemesatirea way of writingabout a flaw orfailure insociety byexaggerating itto absurdity.toneTheauthor'sattitudequotationa directstatementfrom apassagetransitionswords orphrases thatconnectsentences orparagraphscolonpunctuationthat statesa list isfollowingsoliloquywhen acharacter in adramatic workspeaks directlyto the audiencetruisma statementthat manywill agreewithMetaphoran unusualcomparisonwithout usinglike or assemi-colonpunctuationthat dividesindependentclausescomplexsentencea dependent+ anindependentclausemoodrefers to theemotionsthat a textevokes fromthe readerconnotationemotionalconnectionto a wordA.P.E.+Tanswer thequestion;provide textevidence;explain it andadd a truismanecdoteapersonalstorythesisThe sentencein an essay thatstates what thewhole passageis about.3rd personomniscientthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofmore than onecharacterfragmenta group of wordswith a subjectand verb but itdoesn't expressa completethoughtimagerycreating apicturewithwords3rdpersonlimitedthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofone characterthemea messagethat theauthorrevealsoxymorona figure ofspeech withopposingmeanings likejumbo shrimpAllusionIndirectreference toanother famousbook,movie, orhistorical eventpersonificationgiving humanqualities tosomethingthat is nothumandictionwordchoicehomonyma word thatsounds thesame but isspelleddifferentlycounterargumentanopposingside of anissuedramaticironyThe audienceknows what ishappening, butthe characterdoesn'tThepronoun"I"a wordthat isalwayscapitalizedmotifan object, image,sound, or phrasethat is repeatedthroughout a storyto point toward thestory's largerthemesatirea way of writingabout a flaw orfailure insociety byexaggerating itto absurdity.toneTheauthor'sattitudequotationa directstatementfrom apassagetransitionswords orphrases thatconnectsentences orparagraphscolonpunctuationthat statesa list isfollowingsoliloquywhen acharacter in adramatic workspeaks directlyto the audiencetruisma statementthat manywill agreewithMetaphoran unusualcomparisonwithout usinglike or assemi-colonpunctuationthat dividesindependentclausescomplexsentencea dependent+ anindependentclausemoodrefers to theemotionsthat a textevokes fromthe readerconnotationemotionalconnectionto a wordA.P.E.+Tanswer thequestion;provide textevidence;explain it andadd a truismanecdoteapersonalstorythesisThe sentencein an essay thatstates what thewhole passageis about.

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