Millionthlesson onthe analytictaskStudent usesarrows to insertparagraphs ofanalysis in themargin"Analyzefurther"Analyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skill"Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?"Student:*convolutedexplanation ofidea for paper*Teacher: "Justwrite it and we'llsee if it works"Digressionintophilosophy"Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim"One studentgets it. Theothers fearthat kid now.Studentrefuses touse activevoiceStudentpanicsand writesnothing."Rhetoricaleffect""pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essayFocusingon minordetailsblood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinals~this logicmakes theauthor supercredible~A basicfact iscalled astatistic"DigDeeper"Totallywrongtone"Pleaseshortenyourquotes""Ok,butWHY"Totallywrongtopic"Why isthatimportant?"BadtransitionwordsMillionthlesson onthe analytictaskStudent usesarrows to insertparagraphs ofanalysis in themargin"Analyzefurther"Analyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skill"Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?"Student:*convolutedexplanation ofidea for paper*Teacher: "Justwrite it and we'llsee if it works"Digressionintophilosophy"Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim"One studentgets it. Theothers fearthat kid now.Studentrefuses touse activevoiceStudentpanicsand writesnothing."Rhetoricaleffect""pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essayFocusingon minordetailsblood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinals~this logicmakes theauthor supercredible~A basicfact iscalled astatistic"DigDeeper"Totallywrongtone"Pleaseshortenyourquotes""Ok,butWHY"Totallywrongtopic"Why isthatimportant?"Badtransitionwords

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