emotivewordsimagerymakenegativepointsimpersonalplay onthereader’sguiltanecdotesclustersof threechattystyleexaggeration(hyperbole)catchyphrasesor slogansrepetitionof words/phrasesmakepositivepointspersonalshocktacticsemotivepictureshumourrhetoricalquestionscontrastsforcefulphrasesFree!criticisetheoppositeopinionplay onthereader’ssympathyshortsentences/paragraphsfiguresofspeechpersonalpronounsstatisticsquote areliablesourceemotivewordsimagerymakenegativepointsimpersonalplay onthereader’sguiltanecdotesclustersof threechattystyleexaggeration(hyperbole)catchyphrasesor slogansrepetitionof words/phrasesmakepositivepointspersonalshocktacticsemotivepictureshumourrhetoricalquestionscontrastsforcefulphrasesFree!criticisetheoppositeopinionplay onthereader’ssympathyshortsentences/paragraphsfiguresofspeechpersonalpronounsstatisticsquote 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.


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