~this logicmakes theauthor supercredible~Studentpanicsand writesnothing."Rhetoricaleffect""Pleaseshortenyourquotes""Ok,butWHY""DigDeeper"DigressionintophilosophyOne studentgets it. Theothers fearthat kid now."Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim"Focusingon minordetailsA basicfact iscalled astatisticTotallywrongtopicMillionthlesson onthe analytictask"pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essayAnalyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skillblood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinalsTotallywrongtone"Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?"Student usesarrows to insertparagraphs ofanalysis in themargin"Why isthatimportant?""Analyzefurther"Student:*convolutedexplanation ofidea for paper*Teacher: "Justwrite it and we'llsee if it works"BadtransitionwordsStudentrefuses touse activevoice~this logicmakes theauthor supercredible~Studentpanicsand writesnothing."Rhetoricaleffect""Pleaseshortenyourquotes""Ok,butWHY""DigDeeper"DigressionintophilosophyOne studentgets it. Theothers fearthat kid now."Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim"Focusingon minordetailsA basicfact iscalled astatisticTotallywrongtopicMillionthlesson onthe analytictask"pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essayAnalyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skillblood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinalsTotallywrongtone"Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?"Student usesarrows to insertparagraphs ofanalysis in themargin"Why isthatimportant?""Analyzefurther"Student:*convolutedexplanation ofidea for paper*Teacher: "Justwrite it and we'llsee if it works"BadtransitionwordsStudentrefuses touse activevoice

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