shortsentences/paragraphsplay onthereader’ssympathymakenegativepointsimpersonalforcefulphrasesemotivewordscatchyphrasesor slogansclustersof threecriticisetheoppositeopinionimageryanecdoteshumourquote areliablesourcepersonalpronounsemotivepicturescontrastsrepetitionof words/phrasesmakepositivepointspersonalexaggeration(hyperbole)rhetoricalquestionsplay onthereader’sguiltchattystyleshocktacticsfiguresofspeechFree!statisticsshortsentences/paragraphsplay onthereader’ssympathymakenegativepointsimpersonalforcefulphrasesemotivewordscatchyphrasesor slogansclustersof threecriticisetheoppositeopinionimageryanecdoteshumourquote areliablesourcepersonalpronounsemotivepicturescontrastsrepetitionof words/phrasesmakepositivepointspersonalexaggeration(hyperbole)rhetoricalquestionsplay onthereader’sguiltchattystyleshocktacticsfiguresofspeechFree!statistics

Persuasive Techniques - 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.


1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
  1. short sentences/ paragraphs
  2. play on the reader’s sympathy
  3. make negative points impersonal
  4. forceful phrases
  5. emotive words
  6. catchy phrases or slogans
  7. clusters of three
  8. criticise the opposite opinion
  9. imagery
  10. anecdotes
  11. humour
  12. quote a reliable source
  13. personal pronouns
  14. emotive pictures
  15. contrasts
  16. repetition of words/ phrases
  17. make positive points personal
  18. exaggeration (hyperbole)
  19. rhetorical questions
  20. play on the reader’s guilt
  21. chatty style
  22. shock tactics
  23. figures of speech
  24. Free!
  25. statistics