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