Millionthlesson onthe analytictask"Ok,butWHY"Studentrefuses touse activevoiceDigressionintophilosophyFocusingon minordetails"Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim"Analyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skillStudent:*convolutedexplanation ofidea for paper*Teacher: "Justwrite it and we'llsee if it works"~this logicmakes theauthor supercredible~"Why isthatimportant?"TotallywrongtoneTotallywrongtopic"Pleaseshortenyourquotes""DigDeeper"Badtransitionwordsblood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinalsA basicfact iscalled astatistic"Rhetoricaleffect""Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?""pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essayOne studentgets it. Theothers fearthat kid now.Student usesarrows to insertparagraphs ofanalysis in themargin"Analyzefurther"Studentpanicsand writesnothing.Millionthlesson onthe analytictask"Ok,butWHY"Studentrefuses touse activevoiceDigressionintophilosophyFocusingon minordetails"Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim"Analyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skillStudent:*convolutedexplanation ofidea for paper*Teacher: "Justwrite it and we'llsee if it works"~this logicmakes theauthor supercredible~"Why isthatimportant?"TotallywrongtoneTotallywrongtopic"Pleaseshortenyourquotes""DigDeeper"Badtransitionwordsblood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinalsA basicfact iscalled astatistic"Rhetoricaleffect""Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?""pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essayOne studentgets it. Theothers fearthat kid now.Student usesarrows to insertparagraphs ofanalysis in themargin"Analyzefurther"Studentpanicsand writesnothing.

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