This ideaisimportantbecause ...Now thatwe’veagreed…., let’sconsider thisquestion:….I agreewith Xbecause...While somebelieve ...,others believe... (still othersbelieve ... )If I’ve heardyou correctly,youthink/claim/feelthat….Althoughsome mightobject ..., Iwould reply...Although Idisagree withmuch that Xsays, I fullysupport their finalconclusion ...X is mistakenbecause theyoverlook ...As a result ...Theassumptionwe aremaking whenwe say ... is ...X’sargument ...is alsosupported by...I challengethe idea ...because ...My feelings aremixed. On the onehand, I support theidea ... ; on theother hand, I’m notsure if...I agree ...but Idisagree...A limit orweaknessin my ideais ...X’s idea is veryuseful becauseit helps us tounderstand thedifficult problemof ...Thisissue/ideais importantbecause ...I reallylike X’spoint ... ;I’d add ...Thequestion/problemwe can turn tonext is….What Ithink thismeans is...Though X and Yseem to be atodds about ...,they may actuallynot be that farapart. Here's why:X’sstatementassumes...Myview is...What isthe effectof ... on...?One of theimplicationsof X / X’sidea is ...To buildon X’sidea ...At first Ithought ...; now Ithink ...I am thinking of thequestion/issue/eventfrom the point of viewof….What x issayinghere is …If X isright ...then weneed to ...The finding... should beof interest to... because...Although I agree with Xup to a point, I havetrouble accepting theirmainassumption/conclusion... because …The bigideas we areallconcernedabout are ...Anexample toshow whatI mean is ...Anotherpoint of viewthat supportsthis idea is ...Thisexplanationaccountsfor….but doesnot explain….We cansummarizethe ideas sofar by saying...Aquestion/concernI have from thisviewpoint is….We all seemto agree…;we are stillwondering…An examplethat helpsto prove ...is ...By focusingon …, Xoverlooksthe deeperproblem ...Analternativeexplanationis ...I think...This ideaisimportantbecause ...Now thatwe’veagreed…., let’sconsider thisquestion:….I agreewith Xbecause...While somebelieve ...,others believe... (still othersbelieve ... )If I’ve heardyou correctly,youthink/claim/feelthat….Althoughsome mightobject ..., Iwould reply...Although Idisagree withmuch that Xsays, I fullysupport their finalconclusion ...X is mistakenbecause theyoverlook ...As a result ...Theassumptionwe aremaking whenwe say ... is ...X’sargument ...is alsosupported by...I challengethe idea ...because ...My feelings aremixed. On the onehand, I support theidea ... ; on theother hand, I’m notsure if...I agree ...but Idisagree...A limit orweaknessin my ideais ...X’s idea is veryuseful becauseit helps us tounderstand thedifficult problemof ...Thisissue/ideais importantbecause ...I reallylike X’spoint ... ;I’d add ...Thequestion/problemwe can turn tonext is….What Ithink thismeans is...Though X and Yseem to be atodds about ...,they may actuallynot be that farapart. Here's why:X’sstatementassumes...Myview is...What isthe effectof ... on...?One of theimplicationsof X / X’sidea is ...To buildon X’sidea ...At first Ithought ...; now Ithink ...I am thinking of thequestion/issue/eventfrom the point of viewof….What x issayinghere is …If X isright ...then weneed to ...The finding... should beof interest to... because...Although I agree with Xup to a point, I havetrouble accepting theirmainassumption/conclusion... because …The bigideas we areallconcernedabout are ...Anexample toshow whatI mean is ...Anotherpoint of viewthat supportsthis idea is ...Thisexplanationaccountsfor….but doesnot explain….We cansummarizethe ideas sofar by saying...Aquestion/concernI have from thisviewpoint is….We all seemto agree…;we are stillwondering…An examplethat helpsto prove ...is ...By focusingon …, Xoverlooksthe deeperproblem ...Analternativeexplanationis ...I think...

Discursive Fancy-Talkin' 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. This idea is important because ...
  2. Now that we’ve agreed…., let’s consider this question:….
  3. I agree with X because ...
  4. While some believe ..., others believe ... (still others believe ... )
  5. If I’ve heard you correctly, you think/claim/feel that….
  6. Although some might object ..., I would reply ...
  7. Although I disagree with much that X says, I fully support their final conclusion ...
  8. X is mistaken because they overlook ... As a result ...
  9. The assumption we are making when we say ... is ...
  10. X’s argument ... is also supported by ...
  11. I challenge the idea ... because ...
  12. My feelings are mixed. On the one hand, I support the idea ... ; on the other hand, I’m not sure if...
  13. I agree ... but I disagree ...
  14. A limit or weakness in my idea is ...
  15. X’s idea is very useful because it helps us to understand the difficult problem of ...
  16. This issue/idea is important because ...
  17. I really like X’s point ... ; I’d add ...
  18. The question/problem we can turn to next is….
  19. What I think this means is ...
  20. Though X and Y seem to be at odds about ..., they may actually not be that far apart. Here's why:
  21. X’s statement assumes ...
  22. My view is ...
  23. What is the effect of ... on ...?
  24. One of the implications of X / X’s idea is ...
  25. To build on X’s idea ...
  26. At first I thought ... ; now I think ...
  27. I am thinking of the question/issue/event from the point of view of….
  28. What x is saying here is …
  29. If X is right ... then we need to ...
  30. The finding ... should be of interest to ... because ...
  31. Although I agree with X up to a point, I have trouble accepting their main assumption/conclusion ... because …
  32. The big ideas we are all concerned about are ...
  33. An example to show what I mean is ...
  34. Another point of view that supports this idea is ...
  35. This explanation accounts for….but does not explain….
  36. We can summarize the ideas so far by saying ...
  37. A question/concern I have from this viewpoint is….
  38. We all seem to agree…; we are still wondering…
  39. An example that helps to prove ... is ...
  40. By focusing on …, X overlooks the deeper problem ...
  41. An alternative explanation is ...
  42. I think ...