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