In Romeo andJuliet, Romeothinks Juliet isdead. However,the audienceknows she is not.Saying "luckyme" when thesituation is notin your favorSituationalIronyMoodA moralistic ___:"How are you going tosurvive in the middle ofthat crime area?""Don't worry about me,no one would steal froma nice guy!"Brontë repeatedly plays natureand culture against eachother. The Earnshaw family,especially Catherine andHeathcliff, represent nature.They are both driven by theirpassion. The Linton familyrepresents culture andconvention.DramaticIronyFantasy,Suspense,Sublimity,RealismMotifAll humans mustbreathe oxygen in tolive. John is ahuman. Therefore,John needs tobreathe oxygen inorder to live.LogicalFallacy“Friends, Romans,countrymen, lend meyour ears.” (MarkAnthony uses “ears”to say that he wantsthe people present tolisten to himattentively.)A policestationgetsrobbed.The marriagecounselorfiles fordivorce.We must wait tohear from thecrown until wemake anyfurtherdecisions.MetonymyModeJargon"Take twotablets POTID andremain NPOQOD."Middle Ground ___: "Sothis kid said he hit amillion home runs, buthis brother said he hitonly 2. Since I don'ttrust either of them, Ithink he probably onlyhit around 500000"VerbalIronyThe descriptionof ThrushcrossGrange createsa calm andpeaceful ___.Logic"I enjoyedthe movie asmuch asgetting a rootcanal."In Romeo andJuliet, Romeothinks Juliet isdead. However,the audienceknows she is not.Saying "luckyme" when thesituation is notin your favorSituationalIronyMoodA moralistic ___:"How are you going tosurvive in the middle ofthat crime area?""Don't worry about me,no one would steal froma nice guy!"Brontë repeatedly plays natureand culture against eachother. The Earnshaw family,especially Catherine andHeathcliff, represent nature.They are both driven by theirpassion. The Linton familyrepresents culture andconvention.DramaticIronyFantasy,Suspense,Sublimity,RealismMotifAll humans mustbreathe oxygen in tolive. John is ahuman. Therefore,John needs tobreathe oxygen inorder to live.LogicalFallacy“Friends, Romans,countrymen, lend meyour ears.” (MarkAnthony uses “ears”to say that he wantsthe people present tolisten to himattentively.)A policestationgetsrobbed.The marriagecounselorfiles fordivorce.We must wait tohear from thecrown until wemake anyfurtherdecisions.MetonymyModeJargon"Take twotablets POTID andremain NPOQOD."Middle Ground ___: "Sothis kid said he hit amillion home runs, buthis brother said he hitonly 2. Since I don'ttrust either of them, Ithink he probably onlyhit around 500000"VerbalIronyThe descriptionof ThrushcrossGrange createsa calm andpeaceful ___.Logic"I enjoyedthe movie asmuch asgetting a rootcanal."

Rhetorical Bingo - 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. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo thinks Juliet is dead. However, the audience knows she is not.
  2. Saying "lucky me" when the situation is not in your favor
  3. Situational Irony
  4. Mood
  5. A moralistic ___: "How are you going to survive in the middle of that crime area?" "Don't worry about me, no one would steal from a nice guy!"
  6. Brontë repeatedly plays nature and culture against each other. The Earnshaw family, especially Catherine and Heathcliff, represent nature. They are both driven by their passion. The Linton family represents culture and convention.
  7. Dramatic Irony
  8. Fantasy, Suspense, Sublimity, Realism
  9. Motif
  10. All humans must breathe oxygen in to live. John is a human. Therefore, John needs to breathe oxygen in order to live.
  11. Logical Fallacy
  12. “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.” (Mark Anthony uses “ears” to say that he wants the people present to listen to him attentively.)
  13. A police station gets robbed.
  14. The marriage counselor files for divorce.
  15. We must wait to hear from the crown until we make any further decisions.
  16. Metonymy
  17. Mode
  18. Jargon
  19. "Take two tablets PO TID and remain NPO QOD."
  20. Middle Ground ___: "So this kid said he hit a million home runs, but his brother said he hit only 2. Since I don't trust either of them, I think he probably only hit around 500000"
  21. Verbal Irony
  22. The description of Thrushcross Grange creates a calm and peaceful ___.
  23. Logic
  24. "I enjoyed the movie as much as getting a root canal."