(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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erratic
Capricious
Example: All of the planets in this solar system orbit a star, so all planets probably orbit starts.
Inductive Reasoning
Lofty or pompous
Pretentious
A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art.
Allusion
A superabundance of conjunctions.
Polysyndeton
The use of language in a non-literal way. Example: The sky's like a jewel box tonight!"
Figurative Language
Repetition of grammatical structures in reverse order in successive phrases or clauses.
Chiasmus
Example: If all planets orbit a star, and Theta II is a planet, then it must orbit a star.
Deductive Reasoning
The mistaken substitution of one word for another word that sounds similar. Example: The doctor wrote a subscription.
Malapropism
Specifically targeting the values of the audience for purposes of being persuasive.
Emotional Appeal
A part of something is used to refer to the whole
Synecdoche
Using an appropriate adjective to qualify a subject.
Epithet
The writer's personal views or feelings about the subject at hand.
Attitude
Placing two very different ideas, words, or phrases next to one another, creating an effect of surprise and wit.
Juxtaposition
To make easier or milder, relieve
Assuage
An understatement.
Litotes
Substitution of an agreeable or at least non-offensive expression for one whose plainer meaning might be harsh or unpleasant.
Euphemism
The motivation behind an author's choice to write or speak on a particular subject.
Exigence
Raising questions and answering them. Example: What is honor? A word.
Hypophora
The use of elements of rational thinking (deductive or inductive reasoning, facts/statistics, etc.) to appeal to the audience.
Logical Appeal
A special right or privilege.
Prerogative
Information presented meant to persuade the audience of the author's position.
Evidence
The literal, dictionary definition of a word.
Denotation
Open an honest communication.
Candor
Excessive pride or arrogance.
Hubris
A repetition of the same sound at the beginning of several words in a sequence.
Alliteration
A genre of humorous and mocking criticism to expose the ignorance and/or ills of society.
Satire
Common; dull; ordinary
Banal
The use of spoken or written word (or visual medium) to convey ideas and convince an audience.
Rhetoric
When the opposite of the expected is what happens or what is said.
Irony
The argument(s) against the author's position.
Concession
Combining sources or ideas in a coherent way in the purpose of a larger point.
Synthesis
The implied meaning of a word - generally the feeling the word suggests.
Connotation
The specific type of work being presented.
Genre
A piece of literature that can be read on two distinct levels: symbolically and literally.
Allegory
The style of language used; words chosen specifically to be appropriate to the audience and situation.
Diction
Who the author is directing his/her message toward.
Audience
Irrelevant; extra; unnecessary
Extraneous
unrelenting
Inexorably
Explaining something complex by comparing it to something more simple.
Analogy
Thorough; complete
Exhaustive
A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle.
Aphorism
Repetition of the same group of words at the beginning of successive clauses.
Anaphora
having shrill, irritating quality
Strident
Discussing similarities and differences between two things to some persuasive or illustrative purpose.
Compare and contrast
The combination of reasons, evidence, etc. that an author uses to convince an audience of a position.
Argument
the object of a pronoun
Antecedent
Setting up a source (even the writer themselves) as credible and trustworthy.
Ethical Appeal
Expects no answer; offers an opportunity for the audience to reflect
Rhetorical Question
The extra-textual environment in which the text is being delivered.
Context
An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence or incorrect inference.
Fallacy
The way sentences are grammatically structured.
Syntax
To distinguish one thing from another.
Discern
A sudden turn from the general audience to address a specific group or person.
Apostrophe
Any descriptive language used to evoke a vivid sense or image of something.
Imagery
Providing examples in service of a point.
Exemplification
An exaggeration for effect.
Hyperbole
effort to attract notice
Affectation
A commonly used phrase that signifies something very different than its literal meaning.
Idiom
Winning over
Conciliatory
To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
Elicit
The relationship between the author, the audience, the text/message, and the purpose.
Rhetorical Triangle
That which has been accepted as fundamental - such as a book that has "always" been studied in High School English classes.
Cannon
Repetition of the same vowel sound in words close to each other.
Assonance
Unclear; clouded; hard to understand
Obscure
Passionate
Fervent
Practical
Pragmatic
When something is suggested without being concretely stated.
Implication
To write around a subject; to write evasively
Circumlocation
An omission of conjunctions between related clauses.
Asyndeton
The reason or moment for writing or speaking.
Occasion
Three different methods of appealing to an audience to convince them - ethical, logical, emotional.
Aristotelian Appeals
