STAAR Vocab Review - 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.

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