Focusingon minordetails"Why isthatimportant?"TotallywrongtoneStudent usesarrows to insertparagraphs ofanalysis in themarginBadtransitionwords~this logicmakes theauthor supercredible~Studentpanicsand writesnothing."Rhetoricaleffect"Analyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skillOne studentgets it. Theothers fearthat kid now."pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essay"Ok,butWHY""Analyzefurther"blood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinalsStudentrefuses touse activevoiceDigressionintophilosophyTotallywrongtopic"Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?"Student:*convolutedexplanation ofidea for paper*Teacher: "Justwrite it and we'llsee if it works""Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim"Millionthlesson onthe analytictask"Pleaseshortenyourquotes""DigDeeper"A basicfact iscalled astatisticFocusingon minordetails"Why isthatimportant?"TotallywrongtoneStudent usesarrows to insertparagraphs ofanalysis in themarginBadtransitionwords~this logicmakes theauthor supercredible~Studentpanicsand writesnothing."Rhetoricaleffect"Analyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skillOne studentgets it. Theothers fearthat kid now."pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essay"Ok,butWHY""Analyzefurther"blood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinalsStudentrefuses touse activevoiceDigressionintophilosophyTotallywrongtopic"Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?"Student:*convolutedexplanation ofidea for paper*Teacher: "Justwrite it and we'llsee if it works""Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim"Millionthlesson onthe analytictask"Pleaseshortenyourquotes""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. Focusing on minor details
  2. "Why is that important?"
  3. Totally wrong tone
  4. Student uses arrows to insert paragraphs of analysis in the margin
  5. Bad transition words
  6. ~this logic makes the author super credible~
  7. Student panics and writes nothing.
  8. "Rhetorical effect"
  9. Analyze the rhetoric of (in)famous politicians to prove that this is actually a useful skill
  10. One student gets it. The others fear that kid now.
  11. "pathos," "logos," and "ethos" are explicitly used in an essay
  12. "Ok, but WHY"
  13. "Analyze further"
  14. blood pressure proportional to proximity of ungraded finals
  15. Student refuses to use active voice
  16. Digression into philosophy
  17. Totally wrong topic
  18. "Ok. Well, why was it important to you?"
  19. Student: *convoluted explanation of idea for paper* Teacher: "Just write it and we'll see if it works"
  20. "Tie it to the author's central claim"
  21. Millionth lesson on the analytic task
  22. "Please shorten your quotes"
  23. "Dig Deeper"
  24. A basic fact is called a statistic