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

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