"Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?""Rhetoricaleffect"Student usesarrows to insertparagraphs ofanalysis in themarginAnalyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skillStudentrefuses touse activevoiceblood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinals"DigDeeper"Focusingon minordetails"Why isthatimportant?"BadtransitionwordsMillionthlesson onthe analytictaskStudentpanicsand writesnothing.Student:*convolutedexplanation ofidea for paper*Teacher: "Justwrite it and we'llsee if it works"DigressionintophilosophyTotallywrongtopic"pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essayTotallywrongtone"Pleaseshortenyourquotes"~this logicmakes theauthor supercredible~"Ok,butWHY"A basicfact iscalled astatisticOne studentgets it. Theothers fearthat kid now."Analyzefurther""Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim""Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?""Rhetoricaleffect"Student usesarrows to insertparagraphs ofanalysis in themarginAnalyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skillStudentrefuses touse activevoiceblood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinals"DigDeeper"Focusingon minordetails"Why isthatimportant?"BadtransitionwordsMillionthlesson onthe analytictaskStudentpanicsand writesnothing.Student:*convolutedexplanation ofidea for paper*Teacher: "Justwrite it and we'llsee if it works"DigressionintophilosophyTotallywrongtopic"pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essayTotallywrongtone"Pleaseshortenyourquotes"~this logicmakes theauthor supercredible~"Ok,butWHY"A basicfact iscalled astatisticOne studentgets it. Theothers fearthat kid now."Analyzefurther""Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim"

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. "Ok. Well, why was it important to you?"
  2. "Rhetorical effect"
  3. Student uses arrows to insert paragraphs of analysis in the margin
  4. Analyze the rhetoric of (in)famous politicians to prove that this is actually a useful skill
  5. Student refuses to use active voice
  6. blood pressure proportional to proximity of ungraded finals
  7. "Dig Deeper"
  8. Focusing on minor details
  9. "Why is that important?"
  10. Bad transition words
  11. Millionth lesson on the analytic task
  12. Student panics and writes nothing.
  13. Student: *convoluted explanation of idea for paper* Teacher: "Just write it and we'll see if it works"
  14. Digression into philosophy
  15. Totally wrong topic
  16. "pathos," "logos," and "ethos" are explicitly used in an essay
  17. Totally wrong tone
  18. "Please shorten your quotes"
  19. ~this logic makes the author super credible~
  20. "Ok, but WHY"
  21. A basic fact is called a statistic
  22. One student gets it. The others fear that kid now.
  23. "Analyze further"
  24. "Tie it to the author's central claim"