themea messagethat theauthorrevealscounterargumentanopposingside of anissueAllusionIndirectreference toanother famousbook,movie, orhistorical eventtransitionswords orphrases thatconnectsentences orparagraphs3rdpersonlimitedthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofone charactersatirea way of writingabout a flaw orfailure insociety byexaggerating itto absurdity.dictionwordchoicecomplexsentencea dependent+ anindependentclausedramaticironyThe audienceknows what ishappening, butthe characterdoesn'tmotifan object, image,sound, or phrasethat is repeatedthroughout a storyto point toward thestory's largerthemeoxymorona figure ofspeech withopposingmeanings likejumbo shrimpcolonpunctuationthat statesa list isfollowingconnotationemotionalconnectionto a wordfragmenta group of wordswith a subjectand verb but itdoesn't expressa completethoughtMetaphoran unusualcomparisonwithout usinglike or ashomonyma word thatsounds thesame but isspelleddifferently3rd personomniscientthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofmore than onecharactertoneTheauthor'sattitudeanecdoteapersonalstorymoodrefers to theemotionsthat a textevokes fromthe readerThepronoun"I"a wordthat isalwayscapitalizedtruisma statementthat manywill agreewithquotationa directstatementfrom apassageimagerycreating apicturewithwordspersonificationgiving humanqualities tosomethingthat is nothumanthesisThe sentencein an essay thatstates what thewhole passageis about.semi-colonpunctuationthat dividesindependentclausesA.P.E.+Tanswer thequestion;provide textevidence;explain it andadd a truismsoliloquywhen acharacter in adramatic workspeaks directlyto the audiencethemea messagethat theauthorrevealscounterargumentanopposingside of anissueAllusionIndirectreference toanother famousbook,movie, orhistorical eventtransitionswords orphrases thatconnectsentences orparagraphs3rdpersonlimitedthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofone charactersatirea way of writingabout a flaw orfailure insociety byexaggerating itto absurdity.dictionwordchoicecomplexsentencea dependent+ anindependentclausedramaticironyThe audienceknows what ishappening, butthe characterdoesn'tmotifan object, image,sound, or phrasethat is repeatedthroughout a storyto point toward thestory's largerthemeoxymorona figure ofspeech withopposingmeanings likejumbo shrimpcolonpunctuationthat statesa list isfollowingconnotationemotionalconnectionto a wordfragmenta group of wordswith a subjectand verb but itdoesn't expressa completethoughtMetaphoran unusualcomparisonwithout usinglike or ashomonyma word thatsounds thesame but isspelleddifferently3rd personomniscientthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofmore than onecharactertoneTheauthor'sattitudeanecdoteapersonalstorymoodrefers to theemotionsthat a textevokes fromthe readerThepronoun"I"a wordthat isalwayscapitalizedtruisma statementthat manywill agreewithquotationa directstatementfrom apassageimagerycreating apicturewithwordspersonificationgiving humanqualities tosomethingthat is nothumanthesisThe sentencein an essay thatstates what thewhole passageis about.semi-colonpunctuationthat dividesindependentclausesA.P.E.+Tanswer thequestion;provide textevidence;explain it andadd a truismsoliloquywhen acharacter in adramatic workspeaks directlyto the audience

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