ShortsentencesorparagraphsChattystyleExpertadviceMakenegativepoints(impersonal)CriticizetheOppositeOpinionPlay onthereader'ssympathyCatchyphrasesor slogansEmotionalpicturesFigures ofspeech(metaphor,simile, etc)StatisticsShockTacticsPlay onthereader'sguiltAnecdotesDemonstrationGiving acomplimentImageryAddressingsomeonepersonally(you, we,etc.)Exaggerating(hyperbole)ForcefulPhrasesMakepositivepoints(personal)HumorRepetitionofwords orphrasesEmotionalwordsRhetoricalQuestions(questions toget someonethinking)ShortsentencesorparagraphsChattystyleExpertadviceMakenegativepoints(impersonal)CriticizetheOppositeOpinionPlay onthereader'ssympathyCatchyphrasesor slogansEmotionalpicturesFigures ofspeech(metaphor,simile, etc)StatisticsShockTacticsPlay onthereader'sguiltAnecdotesDemonstrationGiving acomplimentImageryAddressingsomeonepersonally(you, we,etc.)Exaggerating(hyperbole)ForcefulPhrasesMakepositivepoints(personal)HumorRepetitionofwords orphrasesEmotionalwordsRhetoricalQuestions(questions toget someonethinking)

Persuasive Techniques Bingo - 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. Short sentences or paragraphs
  2. Chatty style
  3. Expert advice
  4. Make negative points (impersonal)
  5. Criticize the Opposite Opinion
  6. Play on the reader's sympathy
  7. Catchy phrases or slogans
  8. Emotional pictures
  9. Figures of speech (metaphor, simile, etc)
  10. Statistics
  11. Shock Tactics
  12. Play on the reader's guilt
  13. Anecdotes
  14. Demonstration
  15. Giving a compliment
  16. Imagery
  17. Addressing someone personally (you, we, etc.)
  18. Exaggerating (hyperbole)
  19. Forceful Phrases
  20. Make positive points (personal)
  21. Humor
  22. Repetition of words or phrases
  23. Emotional words
  24. Rhetorical Questions (questions to get someone thinking)