LogosThe useofnumbersand logicOxymoron"beautifulmistake"MartinLutherKing, Jr.Said "Ihave adream!"EthosGetting theaudienceto trust thespeaker.PresidentKennedySaid, "Ichbin einBerliner!""Hepassedaway."EuphemismAnastropheTalkinglikeYoda"Pardon,Caesar!Caesar,pardon!"Chiasmus"We cannotdedicate-- we cannotconsecrate --we cannot hallowthis ground."Isocolon"Life, liberty,and thepursuit ofhappiness"Tricolon"Agenius,you ain't!"AnastropheTricolon"TheRule ofThree""We shall ...We shall ...We shall ...We shall ..."AnaphoraPresidentLincolnSaid, "We cannotdedicate -- wecannotconsecrate --we cannot hallowthis ground.""A Jediyouwill be!"AnastrophePathosMaking theaudienceget thefeelsJohnLennonSaid, "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"I haveadream!"Catchphrase"I want to makemy family,my neighbors,my town,and the wholestate proud!"ClimaxHyperboleWe havedefined thisa milliontimes inclass!AntithesisPresentingoppositeson eitherside of asentenceAnaphoraStartingseveralsentenceswith the samebeginning.Euphemismsaying badthings in agentlerwayJuliusCaesarSaid,"Veni,Vidi,Vici!"LogosThe useofnumbersand logicOxymoron"beautifulmistake"MartinLutherKing, Jr.Said "Ihave adream!"EthosGetting theaudienceto trust thespeaker.PresidentKennedySaid, "Ichbin einBerliner!""Hepassedaway."EuphemismAnastropheTalkinglikeYoda"Pardon,Caesar!Caesar,pardon!"Chiasmus"We cannotdedicate-- we cannotconsecrate --we cannot hallowthis ground."Isocolon"Life, liberty,and thepursuit ofhappiness"Tricolon"Agenius,you ain't!"AnastropheTricolon"TheRule ofThree""We shall ...We shall ...We shall ...We shall ..."AnaphoraPresidentLincolnSaid, "We cannotdedicate -- wecannotconsecrate --we cannot hallowthis ground.""A Jediyouwill be!"AnastrophePathosMaking theaudienceget thefeelsJohnLennonSaid, "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"I haveadream!"Catchphrase"I want to makemy family,my neighbors,my town,and the wholestate proud!"ClimaxHyperboleWe havedefined thisa milliontimes inclass!AntithesisPresentingoppositeson eitherside of asentenceAnaphoraStartingseveralsentenceswith the samebeginning.Euphemismsaying badthings in agentlerwayJuliusCaesarSaid,"Veni,Vidi,Vici!"

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. N-The use of numbers and logic
    N-Logos
  2. N-"beautiful mistake"
    N-Oxymoron
  3. I-Said "I have a dream!"
    I-Martin Luther King, Jr.
  4. N-Getting the audience to trust the speaker.
    N-Ethos
  5. I-Said, "Ich bin ein Berliner!"
    I-President Kennedy
  6. B-Euphemism
    B-"He passed away."
  7. G-Talking like Yoda
    G-Anastrophe
  8. B-Chiasmus
    B-"Pardon, Caesar! Caesar, pardon!"
  9. B-Isocolon
    B- "We cannot dedicate -- we cannot consecrate -- we cannot hallow this ground."
  10. O-Tricolon
    O-"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"
  11. O-Anastrophe
    O-"A genius, you ain't!"
  12. G-"The Rule of Three"
    G-Tricolon
  13. O-Anaphora
    O-"We shall ... We shall ... We shall ... We shall ..."
  14. I-Said, "We cannot dedicate -- we cannot consecrate -- we cannot hallow this ground."
    I-President Lincoln
  15. B-Anastrophe
    B-"A Jedi you will be!"
  16. N-Making the audience get the feels
    N-Pathos
  17. 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
  18. O-Antithesis
    O-"I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him."
  19. B-Catchphrase
    B-"I have a dream!"
  20. O-Climax
    O-"I want to make my family, my neighbors, my town, and the whole state proud!"
  21. N-We have defined this a million times in class!
    N-Hyperbole
  22. G-Presenting opposites on either side of a sentence
    G-Antithesis
  23. G-Starting several sentences with the same beginning.
    G-Anaphora
  24. G-saying bad things in a gentler way
    G-Euphemism
  25. I-Said, "Veni, Vidi, Vici!"
    I-Julius Caesar