"Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim"Focusingon minordetails"Analyzefurther"One studentgets it. Theothers fearthat kid now."Ok,butWHY"Student:*convolutedexplanation ofidea for paper*Teacher: "Justwrite it and we'llsee if it works"Totallywrongtopic~this logicmakes theauthor supercredible~"Why isthatimportant?"blood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinalsStudent usesarrows to insertparagraphs ofanalysis in themarginStudentpanicsand writesnothing.Studentrefuses touse activevoiceMillionthlesson onthe analytictaskA basicfact iscalled astatisticBadtransitionwords"DigDeeper""Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?""Pleaseshortenyourquotes"DigressionintophilosophyTotallywrongtone"Rhetoricaleffect""pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essayAnalyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skill"Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim"Focusingon minordetails"Analyzefurther"One studentgets it. Theothers fearthat kid now."Ok,butWHY"Student:*convolutedexplanation ofidea for paper*Teacher: "Justwrite it and we'llsee if it works"Totallywrongtopic~this logicmakes theauthor supercredible~"Why isthatimportant?"blood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinalsStudent usesarrows to insertparagraphs ofanalysis in themarginStudentpanicsand writesnothing.Studentrefuses touse activevoiceMillionthlesson onthe analytictaskA basicfact iscalled astatisticBadtransitionwords"DigDeeper""Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?""Pleaseshortenyourquotes"DigressionintophilosophyTotallywrongtone"Rhetoricaleffect""pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essayAnalyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skill

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