Focusingon minordetailsOne studentgets it. Theothers fearthat kid now."Pleaseshortenyourquotes"Millionthlesson onthe analytictask"Ok,butWHY"Studentrefuses touse activevoiceStudentpanicsand writesnothing."Why isthatimportant?""DigDeeper"TotallywrongtoneA basicfact iscalled astatisticTotallywrongtopic"Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?""Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim"~this logicmakes theauthor supercredible~DigressionintophilosophyBadtransitionwordsAnalyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skillStudent usesarrows to insertparagraphs ofanalysis in themargin"Analyzefurther""Rhetoricaleffect"blood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinalsStudent:*convolutedexplanation ofidea for paper*Teacher: "Justwrite it and we'llsee if it works""pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essayFocusingon minordetailsOne studentgets it. Theothers fearthat kid now."Pleaseshortenyourquotes"Millionthlesson onthe analytictask"Ok,butWHY"Studentrefuses touse activevoiceStudentpanicsand writesnothing."Why isthatimportant?""DigDeeper"TotallywrongtoneA basicfact iscalled astatisticTotallywrongtopic"Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?""Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim"~this logicmakes theauthor supercredible~DigressionintophilosophyBadtransitionwordsAnalyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skillStudent usesarrows to insertparagraphs ofanalysis in themargin"Analyzefurther""Rhetoricaleffect"blood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinalsStudent:*convolutedexplanation ofidea for paper*Teacher: "Justwrite it and we'llsee if it works""pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essay

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