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