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These bingo cards contain 92 ELA vocabulary terms and literary concepts for Grades 6 and 8 students. The word list covers essay writing (thesis, counterargument, evidence), literary devices (metaphor, simile, irony), and reading strategies (inference, summarize, visualize). Use these cards for vocabulary review before a unit test, as a sub plan, or customize them as a template for other writing and literature activities.

Subject:
English / Language Arts
Topic:
Vocabulary
Grade Level:
6th – 8th Grades
Updated April 2025

Word List

  • claim
  • counterclaim
  • affix
  • analysis
  • antonym
  • argumentative essay
  • author's purpose
  • author's point of view
  • central idea
  • character
  • conflict
  • compare/contrast
  • conclusion
  • context
  • contradict
  • thesis
  • credible
  • elaboration
  • evidence
  • dialogue
  • explanatory essay
  • flashback
  • flashforward
  • illustrate
  • inference
  • introduction
  • justify
  • key events
  • logical progression
  • sequence
  • motive
  • multiple meanings
  • narrative writing
  • paraphrasing
  • plagiarism
  • plot
  • point of view
  • pre-write
  • word choice
  • references
  • relevant
  • resolution
  • revise
  • root word
  • sensory detail
  • Setting
  • stanza
  • line
  • style
  • summarize
  • support
  • synonym
  • text structure
  • cause/effect
  • problem/solution
  • theme
  • tone
  • mood
  • transition
  • visualize
  • voice
  • myth
  • fable
  • legend
  • tall tale
  • allusion
  • alliteration
  • analyze
  • protagonist
  • antagonist
  • delineate
  • drama
  • evaluate
  • simile
  • metaphor
  • hyperbole
  • idiom
  • moral
  • fact
  • opinion
  • poetry
  • primary source
  • secondary source
  • rhyme
  • satire
  • First person
  • second person
  • third person
  • irony
  • situational irony
  • dramatic irony
  • verbal irony

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