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

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