TotallywrongtoneA basicfact iscalled astatisticTotallywrongtopic"Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?"Analyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skill"Rhetoricaleffect""Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim"Studentpanicsand writesnothing.Focusingon minordetailsStudentrefuses touse activevoiceStudent:*convolutedexplanation ofidea for paper*Teacher: "Justwrite it and we'llsee if it works"Student usesarrows to insertparagraphs ofanalysis in themarginOne studentgets it. Theothers fearthat kid now.~this logicmakes theauthor supercredible~Badtransitionwords"Pleaseshortenyourquotes""DigDeeper""pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essay"Analyzefurther""Ok,butWHY"blood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinals"Why isthatimportant?"DigressionintophilosophyMillionthlesson onthe analytictaskTotallywrongtoneA basicfact iscalled astatisticTotallywrongtopic"Ok. Well,why was itimportantto you?"Analyze therhetoric of(in)famouspoliticians to provethat this is actuallya useful skill"Rhetoricaleffect""Tie it to theauthor'scentralclaim"Studentpanicsand writesnothing.Focusingon minordetailsStudentrefuses touse activevoiceStudent:*convolutedexplanation ofidea for paper*Teacher: "Justwrite it and we'llsee if it works"Student usesarrows to insertparagraphs ofanalysis in themarginOne studentgets it. Theothers fearthat kid now.~this logicmakes theauthor supercredible~Badtransitionwords"Pleaseshortenyourquotes""DigDeeper""pathos,""logos," and"ethos" areexplicitly usedin an essay"Analyzefurther""Ok,butWHY"blood pressureproportional toproximity ofungradedfinals"Why isthatimportant?"DigressionintophilosophyMillionthlesson onthe analytictask

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