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

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