"Pleaseshortenyourquotes"A basicfact iscalled astatistic"That'ssummary"~authoriscredible~One studentgets it. Theothers fearthat studentnow.TotallywrongtopicMinordetails"Ok,butWHY""Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim"DigressionintophilosophyStudentpanicsand writesnothing.Totallywrongtone"Rhetoricaleffect"The words"pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essayBadtransitionwords"Why isthatimportant?""DigDeeper""Analyzefurther"Analyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skill"Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?"Studentrefuses touse activevoice~theauthor issupercredible~Fifth lessonon theanalytictaskblood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinals"Pleaseshortenyourquotes"A basicfact iscalled astatistic"That'ssummary"~authoriscredible~One studentgets it. Theothers fearthat studentnow.TotallywrongtopicMinordetails"Ok,butWHY""Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim"DigressionintophilosophyStudentpanicsand writesnothing.Totallywrongtone"Rhetoricaleffect"The words"pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essayBadtransitionwords"Why isthatimportant?""DigDeeper""Analyzefurther"Analyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skill"Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?"Studentrefuses touse activevoice~theauthor issupercredible~Fifth lessonon theanalytictaskblood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinals

Teaching Rhetoric - 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. "Please shorten your quotes"
  2. A basic fact is called a statistic
  3. "That's summary"
  4. ~author is credible~
  5. One student gets it. The others fear that student now.
  6. Totally wrong topic
  7. Minor details
  8. "Ok, but WHY"
  9. "Tie it to the author's central claim"
  10. Digression into philosophy
  11. Student panics and writes nothing.
  12. Totally wrong tone
  13. "Rhetorical effect"
  14. The words "pathos," "logos," and "ethos" are explicitly used in an essay
  15. Bad transition words
  16. "Why is that important?"
  17. "Dig Deeper"
  18. "Analyze further"
  19. Analyze the rhetoric of (in)famous politicians to prove that this is actually a useful skill
  20. "Ok. Well, why was it important to you?"
  21. Student refuses to use active voice
  22. ~the author is super credible~
  23. Fifth lesson on the analytic task
  24. blood pressure proportional to proximity of ungraded finals