soliloquywhen acharacter in adramatic workspeaks directlyto the audience3rdpersonlimitedthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofone characteroxymorona figure ofspeech withopposingmeanings likejumbo shrimphomonyma word thatsounds thesame but isspelleddifferentlythemea messagethat theauthorrevealsquotationa directstatementfrom apassagemotifan object, image,sound, or phrasethat is repeatedthroughout a storyto point toward thestory's largerthemeanecdoteapersonalstorydictionwordchoiceconnotationemotionalconnectionto a wordpersonificationgiving humanqualities tosomethingthat is nothumancolonpunctuationthat statesa list isfollowingAllusionIndirectreference toanother famousbook,movie, orhistorical eventsemi-colonpunctuationthat dividesindependentclausescounterargumentanopposingside of anissueimagerycreating apicturewithwordsA.P.E.+Tanswer thequestion;provide textevidence;explain it andadd a truismsatirea way of writingabout a flaw orfailure insociety byexaggerating itto absurdity.truisma statementthat manywill agreewith3rd personomniscientthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofmore than onecharacterThepronoun"I"a wordthat isalwayscapitalizeddramaticironyThe audienceknows what ishappening, butthe characterdoesn'tfragmenta group of wordswith a subjectand verb but itdoesn't expressa completethoughtthesisThe sentencein an essay thatstates what thewhole passageis about.moodrefers to theemotionsthat a textevokes fromthe readerMetaphoran unusualcomparisonwithout usinglike or ascomplexsentencea dependent+ anindependentclausetoneTheauthor'sattitudetransitionswords orphrases thatconnectsentences orparagraphssoliloquywhen acharacter in adramatic workspeaks directlyto the audience3rdpersonlimitedthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofone characteroxymorona figure ofspeech withopposingmeanings likejumbo shrimphomonyma word thatsounds thesame but isspelleddifferentlythemea messagethat theauthorrevealsquotationa directstatementfrom apassagemotifan object, image,sound, or phrasethat is repeatedthroughout a storyto point toward thestory's largerthemeanecdoteapersonalstorydictionwordchoiceconnotationemotionalconnectionto a wordpersonificationgiving humanqualities tosomethingthat is nothumancolonpunctuationthat statesa list isfollowingAllusionIndirectreference toanother famousbook,movie, orhistorical eventsemi-colonpunctuationthat dividesindependentclausescounterargumentanopposingside of anissueimagerycreating apicturewithwordsA.P.E.+Tanswer thequestion;provide textevidence;explain it andadd a truismsatirea way of writingabout a flaw orfailure insociety byexaggerating itto absurdity.truisma statementthat manywill agreewith3rd personomniscientthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofmore than onecharacterThepronoun"I"a wordthat isalwayscapitalizeddramaticironyThe audienceknows what ishappening, butthe characterdoesn'tfragmenta group of wordswith a subjectand verb but itdoesn't expressa completethoughtthesisThe sentencein an essay thatstates what thewhole passageis about.moodrefers to theemotionsthat a textevokes fromthe readerMetaphoran unusualcomparisonwithout usinglike or ascomplexsentencea dependent+ anindependentclausetoneTheauthor'sattitudetransitionswords orphrases thatconnectsentences orparagraphs

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