EmotionalwordsFigures ofspeech(metaphor,simile, etc)Catchyphrasesor slogansMakenegativepoints(impersonal)ShockTacticsImageryHumorRhetoricalQuestions(questions toget someonethinking)Repetitionofwords orphrasesPlay onthereader'sguiltEmotionalpicturesCriticizetheOppositeOpinionForcefulPhrasesShortsentencesorparagraphsDemonstrationAnecdotesPlay onthereader'ssympathyExpertadviceStatisticsGiving acomplimentExaggerating(hyperbole)ChattystyleMakepositivepoints(personal)Addressingsomeonepersonally(you, we,etc.)EmotionalwordsFigures ofspeech(metaphor,simile, etc)Catchyphrasesor slogansMakenegativepoints(impersonal)ShockTacticsImageryHumorRhetoricalQuestions(questions toget someonethinking)Repetitionofwords orphrasesPlay onthereader'sguiltEmotionalpicturesCriticizetheOppositeOpinionForcefulPhrasesShortsentencesorparagraphsDemonstrationAnecdotesPlay onthereader'ssympathyExpertadviceStatisticsGiving acomplimentExaggerating(hyperbole)ChattystyleMakepositivepoints(personal)Addressingsomeonepersonally(you, we,etc.)

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