Wisc- Bingo Vocabulary Demo
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This game covers vocabulary terms that may be included in high school English Language Arts but is not made for a specific class. It is only a demonstration of the site.
Topics of this game:
- A term/phrase that describes an object by directly comparing it to something else, like "Life is a highway"
- The portion of a sentence that includes the noun(s) and any of its/their modifiers
- The portion of a sentence that includes the verb(s) and any of its/their modifiers.
- A brief exclamation that is made to show emotion, such as "Ugh!" or "Ooh!"
- A verb that describes a state of being, such as "became," "were," "was," or "is".
- A verb that allows the main verb to describe when an action is occurring, such as "had," "will," or "shall".
- A comparison between two things, usually for a clarification or to make a point
- Positive or negative associations that are made to a word, such as red with anger
- The literal meaning of a term
- The study of the origin and construction of words
- To translate information from the source material into your own words
- To mentally break down the points in a text to find out how they relate to each other and the general purpose
- Containing both a subject and a predicate; may be complete or incomplete
- How a phoneme (or sound) is written, including one or more letters
- A unit of a sound or word, like "ah", or "th"
- To take someone else's work and claim it is your own or provide insufficient credit to the original creator.
- The overall events that take place in a story
- What is directly stated within the text
- Something that is included in the text, but is only suggested rather than outright stated
- A quick reference to another creative work or historical event/person, or a place
- Phrases, expressions, and words that have a meaning that is not literal.
- A phrase that compares to distinct subjects by using the words "like" or "as"
- An abstract concept that covers the entire focus of a literary work
- How the author reflects their attitude through the choice of words used
- The feelings expressed by a creator throughout the work through the structure, rhetoric, or perspective
