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

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