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