catchyphrasesor slogansexaggeration(hyperbole)rhetoricalquestionsplay onthereader’ssympathyemotivewordsforcefulphrasesshocktacticsimagerychattystylecriticisetheoppositeopinioncontrastsFree!shortsentences/paragraphsemotivepicturesmakenegativepointsimpersonalstatisticsplay onthereader’sguiltpersonalpronounsrepetitionof words/phraseshumourmakepositivepointspersonalfiguresofspeechanecdotesclustersof threequote areliablesourcecatchyphrasesor slogansexaggeration(hyperbole)rhetoricalquestionsplay onthereader’ssympathyemotivewordsforcefulphrasesshocktacticsimagerychattystylecriticisetheoppositeopinioncontrastsFree!shortsentences/paragraphsemotivepicturesmakenegativepointsimpersonalstatisticsplay onthereader’sguiltpersonalpronounsrepetitionof words/phraseshumourmakepositivepointspersonalfiguresofspeechanecdotesclustersof threequote areliablesource

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.


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