AnastropheTalkinglikeYoda"We cannotdedicate-- we cannotconsecrate --we cannot hallowthis ground."Isocolon"I want to makemy family,my neighbors,my town,and the wholestate proud!"ClimaxPathosMaking theaudienceget thefeelsHyperboleWe havedefined thisa milliontimes inclass!PresidentLincolnSaid, "We cannotdedicate -- wecannotconsecrate --we cannot hallowthis ground.""I haveadream!"CatchphraseTricolon"TheRule ofThree""Hepassedaway."EuphemismPresidentKennedySaid, "Ichbin einBerliner!"AntithesisPresentingoppositeson eitherside of asentence"A Jediyouwill be!"AnastropheJohnLennonSaid, "Imagine nopossessionsI wonder if you canNo need for greed orhungerA brotherhood of manImagine all the peopleSharing all the world""I come to buryCaesar,not to praisehim."  Antithesis"Life, liberty,and thepursuit ofhappiness"TricolonJuliusCaesarSaid,"Veni,Vidi,Vici!"Oxymoron"beautifulmistake"MartinLutherKing, Jr.Said "Ihave adream!"LogosThe useofnumbersand logic"Pardon,Caesar!Caesar,pardon!"Chiasmus"Agenius,you ain't!"AnastropheEthosGetting theaudienceto trust thespeaker."We shall ...We shall ...We shall ...We shall ..."AnaphoraAnaphoraStartingseveralsentenceswith the samebeginning.Euphemismsaying badthings in agentlerwayAnastropheTalkinglikeYoda"We cannotdedicate-- we cannotconsecrate --we cannot hallowthis ground."Isocolon"I want to makemy family,my neighbors,my town,and the wholestate proud!"ClimaxPathosMaking theaudienceget thefeelsHyperboleWe havedefined thisa milliontimes inclass!PresidentLincolnSaid, "We cannotdedicate -- wecannotconsecrate --we cannot hallowthis ground.""I haveadream!"CatchphraseTricolon"TheRule ofThree""Hepassedaway."EuphemismPresidentKennedySaid, "Ichbin einBerliner!"AntithesisPresentingoppositeson eitherside of asentence"A Jediyouwill be!"AnastropheJohnLennonSaid, "Imagine nopossessionsI wonder if you canNo need for greed orhungerA brotherhood of manImagine all the peopleSharing all the world""I come to buryCaesar,not to praisehim."  Antithesis"Life, liberty,and thepursuit ofhappiness"TricolonJuliusCaesarSaid,"Veni,Vidi,Vici!"Oxymoron"beautifulmistake"MartinLutherKing, Jr.Said "Ihave adream!"LogosThe useofnumbersand logic"Pardon,Caesar!Caesar,pardon!"Chiasmus"Agenius,you ain't!"AnastropheEthosGetting theaudienceto trust thespeaker."We shall ...We shall ...We shall ...We shall ..."AnaphoraAnaphoraStartingseveralsentenceswith the samebeginning.Euphemismsaying badthings in agentlerway

Mr. S. Rhetoric Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. 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. G-Talking like Yoda
    G-Anastrophe
  2. B-Isocolon
    B- "We cannot dedicate -- we cannot consecrate -- we cannot hallow this ground."
  3. O-Climax
    O-"I want to make my family, my neighbors, my town, and the whole state proud!"
  4. N-Making the audience get the feels
    N-Pathos
  5. N-We have defined this a million times in class!
    N-Hyperbole
  6. I-Said, "We cannot dedicate -- we cannot consecrate -- we cannot hallow this ground."
    I-President Lincoln
  7. B-Catchphrase
    B-"I have a dream!"
  8. G-"The Rule of Three"
    G-Tricolon
  9. B-Euphemism
    B-"He passed away."
  10. I-Said, "Ich bin ein Berliner!"
    I-President Kennedy
  11. G-Presenting opposites on either side of a sentence
    G-Antithesis
  12. B-Anastrophe
    B-"A Jedi you will be!"
  13. I-Said, "Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world "
    I-John Lennon
  14. O-Antithesis
    O-"I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him."
  15. O-Tricolon
    O-"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"
  16. I-Said, "Veni, Vidi, Vici!"
    I-Julius Caesar
  17. N-"beautiful mistake"
    N-Oxymoron
  18. I-Said "I have a dream!"
    I-Martin Luther King, Jr.
  19. N-The use of numbers and logic
    N-Logos
  20. B-Chiasmus
    B-"Pardon, Caesar! Caesar, pardon!"
  21. O-Anastrophe
    O-"A genius, you ain't!"
  22. N-Getting the audience to trust the speaker.
    N-Ethos
  23. O-Anaphora
    O-"We shall ... We shall ... We shall ... We shall ..."
  24. G-Starting several sentences with the same beginning.
    G-Anaphora
  25. G-saying bad things in a gentler way
    G-Euphemism