personificationgiving humanqualities tosomethingthat is nothumanAllusionIndirectreference toanother famousbook,movie, orhistorical eventsatirea way of writingabout a flaw orfailure insociety byexaggerating itto absurdity.connotationemotionalconnectionto a wordthesisThe sentencein an essay thatstates what thewhole passageis about.dramaticironyThe audienceknows what ishappening, butthe characterdoesn'tA.P.E.+Tanswer thequestion;provide textevidence;explain it andadd a truismhomonyma word thatsounds thesame but isspelleddifferentlyanecdoteapersonalstory3rdpersonlimitedthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofone charactercomplexsentencea dependent+ anindependentclause3rd personomniscientthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofmore than onecharactersemi-colonpunctuationthat dividesindependentclausescolonpunctuationthat statesa list isfollowingmoodrefers to theemotionsthat a textevokes fromthe readerimagerycreating apicturewithwordsMetaphoran unusualcomparisonwithout usinglike or asmotifan object, image,sound, or phrasethat is repeatedthroughout a storyto point toward thestory's largerthemefragmenta group of wordswith a subjectand verb but itdoesn't expressa completethoughtcounterargumentanopposingside of anissuethemea messagethat theauthorrevealssoliloquywhen acharacter in adramatic workspeaks directlyto the audiencetransitionswords orphrases thatconnectsentences orparagraphsThepronoun"I"a wordthat isalwayscapitalizeddictionwordchoicequotationa directstatementfrom apassagetruisma statementthat manywill agreewithtoneTheauthor'sattitudeoxymorona figure ofspeech withopposingmeanings likejumbo shrimppersonificationgiving humanqualities tosomethingthat is nothumanAllusionIndirectreference toanother famousbook,movie, orhistorical eventsatirea way of writingabout a flaw orfailure insociety byexaggerating itto absurdity.connotationemotionalconnectionto a wordthesisThe sentencein an essay thatstates what thewhole passageis about.dramaticironyThe audienceknows what ishappening, butthe characterdoesn'tA.P.E.+Tanswer thequestion;provide textevidence;explain it andadd a truismhomonyma word thatsounds thesame but isspelleddifferentlyanecdoteapersonalstory3rdpersonlimitedthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofone charactercomplexsentencea dependent+ anindependentclause3rd personomniscientthe narratorreveals thethoughts andfeelings ofmore than onecharactersemi-colonpunctuationthat dividesindependentclausescolonpunctuationthat statesa list isfollowingmoodrefers to theemotionsthat a textevokes fromthe readerimagerycreating apicturewithwordsMetaphoran unusualcomparisonwithout usinglike or asmotifan object, image,sound, or phrasethat is repeatedthroughout a storyto point toward thestory's largerthemefragmenta group of wordswith a subjectand verb but itdoesn't expressa completethoughtcounterargumentanopposingside of anissuethemea messagethat theauthorrevealssoliloquywhen acharacter in adramatic workspeaks directlyto the audiencetransitionswords orphrases thatconnectsentences orparagraphsThepronoun"I"a wordthat isalwayscapitalizeddictionwordchoicequotationa directstatementfrom apassagetruisma statementthat manywill agreewithtoneTheauthor'sattitudeoxymorona figure ofspeech withopposingmeanings likejumbo shrimp

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