anaphora“Charles,”Laurie yelled allthe way up thehill, “Charleswas bad again.”Laurie'sdescription ofCharles atthe beginningof the storyMainconflictinnocenceLaurie “grinnedenormouslyand said,‘Today Charleshit theteacher.’”Deception,innocenceandidentityrenounce“It’ll be all right…Bound to bepeople likeCharles in theworld. Might aswell meet themnow as later.”rebelliousby keepingthe settingoutside ofthe school“…he renouncedcorduroy overalls…,”he was a “long-trousered,swaggering characterwho forgot to stop atthe corner and wavegoodbye…,”anexampleofinferenceLaurie’smother’spurpose forwanting toattend the PTAmeetingObliviousindependentchild Laurie  OnlynamesLaurie andCharlesLaurieinventsCharlesdiscussing 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.”FirstpersonperspectiveWednesday“Charles?”she said. “Wedon’t haveany Charles inkindergarten.”ironyFriday“Because she triedto make him colorwith red crayons.”“He wanted tocolor with greencrayons so he hitthe teacher…”kickedandfreshThursdayforeshadowinganaphora“Charles,”Laurie yelled allthe way up thehill, “Charleswas bad again.”Laurie'sdescription ofCharles atthe beginningof the storyMainconflictinnocenceLaurie “grinnedenormouslyand said,‘Today Charleshit theteacher.’”Deception,innocenceandidentityrenounce“It’ll be all right…Bound to bepeople likeCharles in theworld. Might aswell meet themnow as later.”rebelliousby keepingthe settingoutside ofthe school“…he renouncedcorduroy overalls…,”he was a “long-trousered,swaggering characterwho forgot to stop atthe corner and wavegoodbye…,”anexampleofinferenceLaurie’smother’spurpose forwanting toattend the PTAmeetingObliviousindependentchild Laurie  OnlynamesLaurie andCharlesLaurieinventsCharlesdiscussing 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.”FirstpersonperspectiveWednesday“Charles?”she said. “Wedon’t haveany Charles inkindergarten.”ironyFriday“Because she triedto make him colorwith red crayons.”“He wanted tocolor with greencrayons so he hitthe teacher…”kickedandfreshThursdayforeshadowing

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