blood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinals"Pleaseshortenyourquotes"Studentpanicsand writesnothing."Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim"One studentgets it. Theothers fearthat kid now.TotallywrongtopicDigressionintophilosophyMillionthlesson onthe analytictask~this logicmakes theauthor supercredible~A basicfact iscalled astatistic"pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essay"Ok,butWHY""Analyzefurther"BadtransitionwordsTotallywrongtoneStudent:*convolutedexplanation ofidea for paper*Teacher: "Justwrite it and we'llsee if it works"Focusingon minordetailsStudent usesarrows to insertparagraphs ofanalysis in themargin"Why isthatimportant?""Rhetoricaleffect"Analyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skill"Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?"Studentrefuses touse activevoice"DigDeeper"blood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinals"Pleaseshortenyourquotes"Studentpanicsand writesnothing."Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim"One studentgets it. Theothers fearthat kid now.TotallywrongtopicDigressionintophilosophyMillionthlesson onthe analytictask~this logicmakes theauthor supercredible~A basicfact iscalled astatistic"pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essay"Ok,butWHY""Analyzefurther"BadtransitionwordsTotallywrongtoneStudent:*convolutedexplanation ofidea for paper*Teacher: "Justwrite it and we'llsee if it works"Focusingon minordetailsStudent usesarrows to insertparagraphs ofanalysis in themargin"Why isthatimportant?""Rhetoricaleffect"Analyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skill"Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?"Studentrefuses touse activevoice"DigDeeper"

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