Author’smainpointCharacternamesText’smessageThemequestionEvidenceSummarizedCompletestatementThemeCharacteractionsCentralideaKeydetailsPollutionharmsecosystemsDirectstatementUniversalmessageConsequencesThebattlesceneTheme(fiction)TruefriendshiprequiresloyaltySpecificMultiplethemesStatedClimatechangeis scaryBroaderSupportingdetailsInferredCentralidea(nonfiction)InferenceEntiretextPersonalopinionsAuthor’smainpointCharacternamesText’smessageThemequestionEvidenceSummarizedCompletestatementThemeCharacteractionsCentralideaKeydetailsPollutionharmsecosystemsDirectstatementUniversalmessageConsequencesThebattlesceneTheme(fiction)TruefriendshiprequiresloyaltySpecificMultiplethemesStatedClimatechangeis scaryBroaderSupportingdetailsInferredCentralidea(nonfiction)InferenceEntiretextPersonalopinions

Theme and Central Idea - 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. Author’s main point
  2. Character names
  3. Text’s message
  4. Theme question
  5. Evidence
  6. Summarized
  7. Complete statement
  8. Theme
  9. Character actions
  10. Central idea
  11. Key details
  12. Pollution harms ecosystems
  13. Direct statement
  14. Universal message
  15. Consequences
  16. The battle scene
  17. Theme (fiction)
  18. True friendship requires loyalty
  19. Specific
  20. Multiple themes
  21. Stated
  22. Climate change is scary
  23. Broader
  24. Supporting details
  25. Inferred
  26. Central idea (nonfiction)
  27. Inference
  28. Entire text
  29. Personal opinions