contrastsexaggeration(hyperbole)quote areliablesourcepersonalpronounsfiguresofspeechplay onthereader’sguiltrepetitionof words/phrasesemotivewordsclustersof threecriticisetheoppositeopinionshortsentences/paragraphsstatisticsplay onthereader’ssympathyFree!emotivepicturesforcefulphraseschattystylehumourshocktacticsmakepositivepointspersonalanecdotesimagerymakenegativepointsimpersonalrhetoricalquestionscatchyphrasesor sloganscontrastsexaggeration(hyperbole)quote areliablesourcepersonalpronounsfiguresofspeechplay onthereader’sguiltrepetitionof words/phrasesemotivewordsclustersof threecriticisetheoppositeopinionshortsentences/paragraphsstatisticsplay onthereader’ssympathyFree!emotivepicturesforcefulphraseschattystylehumourshocktacticsmakepositivepointspersonalanecdotesimagerymakenegativepointsimpersonalrhetoricalquestionscatchyphrasesor slogans

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