rhetoricalquestionscatchyphrasesor sloganscontrastsrepetitionof words/phrasesstatisticshumourfiguresofspeechpersonalpronounsmakenegativepointsimpersonalimageryshortsentences/paragraphsemotivepicturesFree!quote areliablesourceforcefulphrasescriticisetheoppositeopinionchattystyleexaggeration(hyperbole)shocktacticsanecdotesmakepositivepointspersonalemotivewordsclustersof threeplay onthereader’sguiltplay onthereader’ssympathyrhetoricalquestionscatchyphrasesor sloganscontrastsrepetitionof words/phrasesstatisticshumourfiguresofspeechpersonalpronounsmakenegativepointsimpersonalimageryshortsentences/paragraphsemotivepicturesFree!quote areliablesourceforcefulphrasescriticisetheoppositeopinionchattystyleexaggeration(hyperbole)shocktacticsanecdotesmakepositivepointspersonalemotivewordsclustersof threeplay onthereader’sguiltplay onthereader’ssympathy

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