thesisThe sentencein an essay thatstates what thewhole passageis about.3rd personomniscientthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofmore than onecharacterthemea messagethat theauthorrevealsdictionwordchoiceAllusionIndirectreference toanother famousbook,movie, orhistorical eventsemi-colonpunctuationthat dividesindependentclausestoneTheauthor'sattitudefragmenta group of wordswith a subjectand verb but itdoesn't expressa completethoughtsatirea way of writingabout a flaw orfailure insociety byexaggerating itto absurdity.soliloquywhen acharacter in adramatic workspeaks directlyto the audience3rdpersonlimitedthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofone charactermoodrefers to theemotionsthat a textevokes fromthe readerdramaticironyThe audienceknows what ishappening, butthe characterdoesn'timagerycreating apicturewithwordshomonyma word thatsounds thesame but isspelleddifferentlyMetaphoran unusualcomparisonwithout usinglike or asconnotationemotionalconnectionto a wordA.P.E.+Tanswer thequestion;provide textevidence;explain it andadd a truismcounterargumentanopposingside of anissueThepronoun"I"a wordthat isalwayscapitalizedpersonificationgiving humanqualities tosomethingthat is nothumancolonpunctuationthat statesa list isfollowingquotationa directstatementfrom apassageoxymorona figure ofspeech withopposingmeanings likejumbo shrimpcomplexsentencea dependent+ anindependentclausetransitionswords orphrases thatconnectsentences orparagraphsmotifan object, image,sound, or phrasethat is repeatedthroughout a storyto point toward thestory's largerthemeanecdoteapersonalstorytruisma statementthat manywill agreewiththesisThe sentencein an essay thatstates what thewhole passageis about.3rd personomniscientthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofmore than onecharacterthemea messagethat theauthorrevealsdictionwordchoiceAllusionIndirectreference toanother famousbook,movie, orhistorical eventsemi-colonpunctuationthat dividesindependentclausestoneTheauthor'sattitudefragmenta group of wordswith a subjectand verb but itdoesn't expressa completethoughtsatirea way of writingabout a flaw orfailure insociety byexaggerating itto absurdity.soliloquywhen acharacter in adramatic workspeaks directlyto the audience3rdpersonlimitedthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofone charactermoodrefers to theemotionsthat a textevokes fromthe readerdramaticironyThe audienceknows what ishappening, butthe characterdoesn'timagerycreating apicturewithwordshomonyma word thatsounds thesame but isspelleddifferentlyMetaphoran unusualcomparisonwithout usinglike or asconnotationemotionalconnectionto a wordA.P.E.+Tanswer thequestion;provide textevidence;explain it andadd a truismcounterargumentanopposingside of anissueThepronoun"I"a wordthat isalwayscapitalizedpersonificationgiving humanqualities tosomethingthat is nothumancolonpunctuationthat statesa list isfollowingquotationa directstatementfrom apassageoxymorona figure ofspeech withopposingmeanings likejumbo shrimpcomplexsentencea dependent+ anindependentclausetransitionswords orphrases thatconnectsentences orparagraphsmotifan object, image,sound, or phrasethat is repeatedthroughout a storyto point toward thestory's largerthemeanecdoteapersonalstorytruisma statementthat manywill agreewith

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