(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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Using strong words to manipulate the reader
loaded language
Nonfiction meant to be published
journalism
A retelling of the story’s beginning, middle, and end
summary
Facts that do not come directly from the person they are about
secondary source
How we refer to someone without their proper name
pronoun
When an author uses strong words to get the reader emotional
emotive language
Facts that come directly from the person they are about
primary source
The details that support the main idea
supporting detail
A group of lines in a poem
stanza
A harmful idea associated with a large group of people
stereotype
Syllables that sound soft in a poem
unstressed
Events that decrease the tension
falling action
Saying the opposite for humor
irony
One event that is wrongly applied to many cases
sweeping generalization
Syllables that sound rough in a poem
stressed
An error in your writing that undermines your argument
logical fallacy
Nonfiction that states and defends a claim
argument
Words spoken out loud
dialogue
A punctuation mark used to glue two ideas without FANBOYS
semicolon
When the narrator tells someone else’s story and he, she, they pronouns
third person POV
The time and place that a story takes place
setting
Part of speech that describes a person, place, or thing
adjective
Text structure that presents a conflict and how to solve it
problem and solution
Tools that make your argument stronger
rhetorical device
The big idea the author is writing about
main idea
How the conflict is solved at the story’s end
resolution
Part of speech that describes an action or state of being
adverb
Text structure about two ideas that details their similarities and differences
compare and contrast
Part of speech that describes a person, place, or thing with a capitalized name
proper adjective
When an author uses statistics and facts
logical language
A command that can end in a period or exclamation mark
imperative
Making a fact or point more detailed
specifying
Part of speech that is an action or state of being
verb
Rewriting an author’s ideas in your own words
paraphrase
Part of speech that is a person, place, or thing
noun
When a POV is purely factual
objective POV
Being ironic to mock or criticize
sarcasm
The verb of the sentence that is done by the subject
predicate
Using 3 synonyms support the evidence
group of 3
The map of tension and stress in the story
plot
Increasing action that adds to the tension
rising action
The hero of the story who must solve the conflict
protagonist
An incomplete sentence missing a subject or predicate
fragment
A comparison of two things without like or as
metaphor
The name for FANBOYS words that glue ideas together
conjunction
Comparing two things to make your argument stronger
analogy
A question that ends in a question mark
interrogative
Speaking directly to the reader
direct address
When a poem rhymes
verse
A comparison of two things using like or as
simile
Text structure told in order with time or dates
chronological
An exclamation that is said loudly
exclamatory
A question not meant to be answered
rhetorical question
The pattern of rhyming at the end of a line (ABCD)
rhyme scheme
Using an unfair opinion
bias
The perspective from which the story is told
point of view
A sentence containing both a subject and predicate
independent clause
A statement that ends in a period
declarative
the use of stressed and unstressed syllables
meter
The highest level of tension, when the protagonist must face their fears
climax
An idea that is not actually factual or proven by data
faulty reasoning
The life lesson of the story the reader learns through the characters
theme
What supports the claim
evidence
The bad guy of the story who is against the protagonist
antagonist
Part of speech that is a person, place, or thing with a capitalized name
proper noun
Text structure with facts and no story
descriptive
Writing that is about true events
nonfiction
A punctuation mark that creates lists, separates dialogue, and glues ideas with FANBOYS words
comma
The noun of the sentence that is doing the predicate
subject
When a POV includes the narrator’s opinion
subjective POV
When the narrator is in the story and uses I, we, me pronouns
first person POV
Giving nonhuman things humanlike traits
personification
the problem that starts the action and tension
conflict
