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