Focusingon minordetailsStudentpanicsand writesnothing."Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim""Analyzefurther""DigDeeper""Pleaseshortenyourquotes""Rhetoricaleffect"Student usesarrows to insertparagraphs ofanalysis in themarginStudentrefuses touse activevoiceDigressionintophilosophyA basicfact iscalled astatisticMillionthlesson onthe analytictask"Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?"Badtransitionwords~this logicmakes theauthor supercredible~"Ok,butWHY"One studentgets it. Theothers fearthat kid now.TotallywrongtopicTotallywrongtoneAnalyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skillblood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinalsStudent:*convolutedexplanation ofidea for paper*Teacher: "Justwrite it and we'llsee if it works""pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essay"Why isthatimportant?"Focusingon minordetailsStudentpanicsand writesnothing."Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim""Analyzefurther""DigDeeper""Pleaseshortenyourquotes""Rhetoricaleffect"Student usesarrows to insertparagraphs ofanalysis in themarginStudentrefuses touse activevoiceDigressionintophilosophyA basicfact iscalled astatisticMillionthlesson onthe analytictask"Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?"Badtransitionwords~this logicmakes theauthor supercredible~"Ok,butWHY"One studentgets it. Theothers fearthat kid now.TotallywrongtopicTotallywrongtoneAnalyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skillblood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinalsStudent:*convolutedexplanation ofidea for paper*Teacher: "Justwrite it and we'llsee if it works""pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essay"Why isthatimportant?"

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