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

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