imageryplay onthereader’ssympathycatchyphrasesor slogansanecdotesrepetitionof words/phrasesFree!exaggeration(hyperbole)criticisetheoppositeopinionforcefulphraseshumourpersonalpronounsmakenegativepointsimpersonalmakepositivepointspersonalemotivewordscontrastsemotivepicturesplay onthereader’sguiltshocktacticsshortsentences/paragraphsquote areliablesourcechattystyleclustersof threefiguresofspeechstatisticsrhetoricalquestionsimageryplay onthereader’ssympathycatchyphrasesor slogansanecdotesrepetitionof words/phrasesFree!exaggeration(hyperbole)criticisetheoppositeopinionforcefulphraseshumourpersonalpronounsmakenegativepointsimpersonalmakepositivepointspersonalemotivewordscontrastsemotivepicturesplay onthereader’sguiltshocktacticsshortsentences/paragraphsquote areliablesourcechattystyleclustersof threefiguresofspeechstatisticsrhetoricalquestions

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