humourcriticisetheoppositeopinioncatchyphrasesor slogansrhetoricalquestionsanecdotesmakepositivepointspersonalstatisticsemotivewordsshocktacticsemotivepictureschattystyleplay onthereader’ssympathyquote areliablesourceimageryshortsentences/paragraphsFree!play onthereader’sguiltcontrastsclustersof threefiguresofspeechmakenegativepointsimpersonalrepetitionof words/phrasesforcefulphrasespersonalpronounsexaggeration(hyperbole)humourcriticisetheoppositeopinioncatchyphrasesor slogansrhetoricalquestionsanecdotesmakepositivepointspersonalstatisticsemotivewordsshocktacticsemotivepictureschattystyleplay onthereader’ssympathyquote areliablesourceimageryshortsentences/paragraphsFree!play onthereader’sguiltcontrastsclustersof threefiguresofspeechmakenegativepointsimpersonalrepetitionof words/phrasesforcefulphrasespersonalpronounsexaggeration(hyperbole)

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