imageryplay onthereader’sguiltplay onthereader’ssympathyrhetoricalquestionscatchyphrasesor slogansanecdotesmakepositivepointspersonalcriticisetheoppositeopinionquote areliablesourcepersonalpronounsrepetitionof words/phraseshumourfiguresofspeechexaggeration(hyperbole)chattystylecontrastsstatisticsemotivewordsclustersof threeshortsentences/paragraphsemotivepicturesforcefulphrasesFree!shocktacticsmakenegativepointsimpersonalimageryplay onthereader’sguiltplay onthereader’ssympathyrhetoricalquestionscatchyphrasesor slogansanecdotesmakepositivepointspersonalcriticisetheoppositeopinionquote areliablesourcepersonalpronounsrepetitionof words/phraseshumourfiguresofspeechexaggeration(hyperbole)chattystylecontrastsstatisticsemotivewordsclustersof threeshortsentences/paragraphsemotivepicturesforcefulphrasesFree!shocktacticsmakenegativepointsimpersonal

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