kickedandfreshFirstpersonperspectiveanaphoraindependentchilddiscussing Charles’sbehavior. For example, hesaid, “The teacher spankeda boy, though,...”, “…forbeing fresh…””He wasfresh. The teacher spankedhim and made him stand ina corner. He was awfullyfresh.”Laurie’smother’spurpose forwanting toattend the PTAmeeting Laurie  by keepingthe settingoutside ofthe schoolinnocenceLaurie “grinnedenormouslyand said,‘Today Charleshit theteacher.’”“Because she triedto make him colorwith red crayons.”“He wanted tocolor with greencrayons so he hitthe teacher…”Laurie'sdescription ofCharles atthe beginningof the storyThursdayironyrenounceforeshadowingrebelliousanexampleofinferenceLaurieinventsCharlesWednesdayMainconflict“It’ll be all right…Bound to bepeople likeCharles in theworld. Might aswell meet themnow as later.”Deception,innocenceandidentityOnlynamesLaurie andCharles“Charles?”she said. “Wedon’t haveany Charles inkindergarten.”“…he renouncedcorduroy overalls…,”he was a “long-trousered,swaggering characterwho forgot to stop atthe corner and wavegoodbye…,”Friday“Charles,”Laurie yelled allthe way up thehill, “Charleswas bad again.”ObliviouskickedandfreshFirstpersonperspectiveanaphoraindependentchilddiscussing Charles’sbehavior. For example, hesaid, “The teacher spankeda boy, though,...”, “…forbeing fresh…””He wasfresh. The teacher spankedhim and made him stand ina corner. He was awfullyfresh.”Laurie’smother’spurpose forwanting toattend the PTAmeeting Laurie  by keepingthe settingoutside ofthe schoolinnocenceLaurie “grinnedenormouslyand said,‘Today Charleshit theteacher.’”“Because she triedto make him colorwith red crayons.”“He wanted tocolor with greencrayons so he hitthe teacher…”Laurie'sdescription ofCharles atthe beginningof the storyThursdayironyrenounceforeshadowingrebelliousanexampleofinferenceLaurieinventsCharlesWednesdayMainconflict“It’ll be all right…Bound to bepeople likeCharles in theworld. Might aswell meet themnow as later.”Deception,innocenceandidentityOnlynamesLaurie andCharles“Charles?”she said. “Wedon’t haveany Charles inkindergarten.”“…he renouncedcorduroy overalls…,”he was a “long-trousered,swaggering characterwho forgot to stop atthe corner and wavegoodbye…,”Friday“Charles,”Laurie yelled allthe way up thehill, “Charleswas bad again.”Oblivious

Charles by Shirley Jackson - 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. kicked and fresh
  2. First person perspective
  3. anaphora
  4. independent child
  5. discussing Charles’s behavior. For example, he said, “The teacher spanked a boy, though,...”, “…for being fresh…””He was fresh. The teacher spanked him and made him stand in a corner. He was awfully fresh.”
  6. Laurie’s mother’s purpose for wanting to attend the PTA meeting
  7. Laurie
  8. by keeping the setting outside of the school
  9. innocence
  10. Laurie “grinned enormously and said, ‘Today Charles hit the teacher.’”
  11. “Because she tried to make him color with red crayons.” “He wanted to color with green crayons so he hit the teacher…”
  12. Laurie's description of Charles at the beginning of the story
  13. Thursday
  14. irony
  15. renounce
  16. foreshadowing
  17. rebellious
  18. an example of inference
  19. Laurie invents Charles
  20. Wednesday
  21. Main conflict
  22. “It’ll be all right…Bound to be people like Charles in the world. Might as well meet them now as later.”
  23. Deception, innocence and identity
  24. Only names Laurie and Charles
  25. “Charles?” she said. “We don’t have any Charles in kindergarten.”
  26. “…he renounced corduroy overalls…,” he was a “long-trousered, swaggering character who forgot to stop at the corner and wave goodbye…,”
  27. Friday
  28. “Charles,” Laurie yelled all the way up the hill, “Charles was bad again.”
  29. Oblivious