UniversalmessageAuthor’smainpointMultiplethemesCentralidea(nonfiction)CharacternamesSupportingdetailsTheme(fiction)ConsequencesClimatechangeis scaryInferredThemeBroaderCentralideaDirectstatementCharacteractionsThebattlesceneEntiretextThemequestionStatedText’smessageKeydetailsEvidenceTruefriendshiprequiresloyaltySummarizedPersonalopinionsSpecificCompletestatementPollutionharmsecosystemsInferenceUniversalmessageAuthor’smainpointMultiplethemesCentralidea(nonfiction)CharacternamesSupportingdetailsTheme(fiction)ConsequencesClimatechangeis scaryInferredThemeBroaderCentralideaDirectstatementCharacteractionsThebattlesceneEntiretextThemequestionStatedText’smessageKeydetailsEvidenceTruefriendshiprequiresloyaltySummarizedPersonalopinionsSpecificCompletestatementPollutionharmsecosystemsInference

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