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