3rdpersonlimitedthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofone characterMetaphoran unusualcomparisonwithout usinglike or ascomplexsentencea dependent+ anindependentclausecounterargumentanopposingside of anissue3rd personomniscientthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofmore than onecharacterpersonificationgiving humanqualities tosomethingthat is nothumanAllusionIndirectreference toanother famousbook,movie, orhistorical eventdictionwordchoicethemea messagethat theauthorrevealsimagerycreating apicturewithwordssemi-colonpunctuationthat dividesindependentclausesfragmenta group of wordswith a subjectand verb but itdoesn't expressa completethoughtthesisThe sentencein an essay thatstates what thewhole passageis about.anecdoteapersonalstorydramaticironyThe audienceknows what ishappening, butthe characterdoesn'ttruisma statementthat manywill agreewithquotationa directstatementfrom apassageconnotationemotionalconnectionto a wordmotifan object, image,sound, or phrasethat is repeatedthroughout a storyto point toward thestory's largerthemesatirea way of writingabout a flaw orfailure insociety byexaggerating itto absurdity.homonyma word thatsounds thesame but isspelleddifferentlyThepronoun"I"a wordthat isalwayscapitalizedcolonpunctuationthat statesa list isfollowingtoneTheauthor'sattitudeA.P.E.+Tanswer thequestion;provide textevidence;explain it andadd a truismoxymorona figure ofspeech withopposingmeanings likejumbo shrimpmoodrefers to theemotionsthat a textevokes fromthe readertransitionswords orphrases thatconnectsentences orparagraphssoliloquywhen acharacter in adramatic workspeaks directlyto the audience3rdpersonlimitedthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofone characterMetaphoran unusualcomparisonwithout usinglike or ascomplexsentencea dependent+ anindependentclausecounterargumentanopposingside of anissue3rd personomniscientthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofmore than onecharacterpersonificationgiving humanqualities tosomethingthat is nothumanAllusionIndirectreference toanother famousbook,movie, orhistorical eventdictionwordchoicethemea messagethat theauthorrevealsimagerycreating apicturewithwordssemi-colonpunctuationthat dividesindependentclausesfragmenta group of wordswith a subjectand verb but itdoesn't expressa completethoughtthesisThe sentencein an essay thatstates what thewhole passageis about.anecdoteapersonalstorydramaticironyThe audienceknows what ishappening, butthe characterdoesn'ttruisma statementthat manywill agreewithquotationa directstatementfrom apassageconnotationemotionalconnectionto a wordmotifan object, image,sound, or phrasethat is repeatedthroughout a storyto point toward thestory's largerthemesatirea way of writingabout a flaw orfailure insociety byexaggerating itto absurdity.homonyma word thatsounds thesame but isspelleddifferentlyThepronoun"I"a wordthat isalwayscapitalizedcolonpunctuationthat statesa list isfollowingtoneTheauthor'sattitudeA.P.E.+Tanswer thequestion;provide textevidence;explain it andadd a truismoxymorona figure ofspeech withopposingmeanings likejumbo shrimpmoodrefers to theemotionsthat a textevokes fromthe readertransitionswords orphrases thatconnectsentences orparagraphssoliloquywhen 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. the narrator reveals the thoughts and feelings of one character
    3rd person limited
  2. an unusual comparison without using like or as
    Metaphor
  3. a dependent + an independent clause
    complex sentence
  4. an opposing side of an issue
    counter argument
  5. the narrator reveals the thoughts and feelings of more than one character
    3rd person omniscient
  6. giving human qualities to something that is not human
    personification
  7. Indirect reference to another famous book,movie, or historical event
    Allusion
  8. word choice
    diction
  9. a message that the author reveals
    theme
  10. creating a picture with words
    imagery
  11. punctuation that divides independent clauses
    semi-colon
  12. a group of words with a subject and verb but it doesn't express a complete thought
    fragment
  13. The sentence in an essay that states what the whole passage is about.
    thesis
  14. a personal story
    anecdote
  15. The audience knows what is happening, but the character doesn't
    dramatic irony
  16. a statement that many will agree with
    truism
  17. a direct statement from a passage
    quotation
  18. emotional connection to a word
    connotation
  19. an object, image, sound, or phrase that is repeated throughout a story to point toward the story's larger theme
    motif
  20. a way of writing about a flaw or failure in society by exaggerating it to absurdity.
    satire
  21. a word that sounds the same but is spelled differently
    homonym
  22. a word that is always capitalized
    The pronoun "I"
  23. punctuation that states a list is following
    colon
  24. The author's attitude
    tone
  25. answer the question; provide text evidence; explain it and add a truism
    A.P.E.+T
  26. a figure of speech with opposing meanings like jumbo shrimp
    oxymoron
  27. refers to the emotions that a text evokes from the reader
    mood
  28. words or phrases that connect sentences or paragraphs
    transitions
  29. when a character in a dramatic work speaks directly to the audience
    soliloquy