Appealto Fear Appeal toPatriotismEmotionalWordsUse of wordslikely to engagestrong emotionsin the audience EquivocationIntentionallymisleading theaudience by usinga word with adouble meaning Red HerringWhen aspeaker skipsto a new andirrelevant topic ParallelismRepetition ofsentence structureor phrases tocreate aharmonious effect Either/Or FallacyPresenting twoextreme optionsas the onlypossible choices Appeal toEthosEstablishingcredibility ofthe speakerHyperboleAnextravagantexaggerationof fact RhetoricalQuestionTo ask aquestion ofan audience Straw ManA purposeful choiceto oversimplify theother side’sargument to make iteasier torefute/ridicule HastyGeneralizationMaking aconclusionwithout enoughevidence Name-CallingUsing harshnames to attackthose whooppose thespeakerMetaphorFigurativelanguagecomparing twounlike things Sarcasm PersonalAnecdoteA short,personalstory Ad HominemSwitching theargument tofocus on thecharacter of theother speaker LogicalReasoningShowing whatcan be expectedbecause of whathas gone before NostalgiaDesire to returnin thought orfact to a formertime Faulty AnalogyAn focus onirrelevantsimilaritiesbetween twothings CircularReasoningRepeating theclaim as a wayto provideevidence ContrastTo compareas to pointout strikingdifferences FlatteryExcessivelypraising theaudience Appeal to LogosAppealing to theaudience’sreason; usingstatistics or data Appealto Fear Appeal toPatriotismEmotionalWordsUse of wordslikely to engagestrong emotionsin the audience EquivocationIntentionallymisleading theaudience by usinga word with adouble meaning Red HerringWhen aspeaker skipsto a new andirrelevant topic ParallelismRepetition ofsentence structureor phrases tocreate aharmonious effect Either/Or FallacyPresenting twoextreme optionsas the onlypossible choices Appeal toEthosEstablishingcredibility ofthe speakerHyperboleAnextravagantexaggerationof fact RhetoricalQuestionTo ask aquestion ofan audience Straw ManA purposeful choiceto oversimplify theother side’sargument to make iteasier torefute/ridicule HastyGeneralizationMaking aconclusionwithout enoughevidence Name-CallingUsing harshnames to attackthose whooppose thespeakerMetaphorFigurativelanguagecomparing twounlike things Sarcasm PersonalAnecdoteA short,personalstory Ad HominemSwitching theargument tofocus on thecharacter of theother speaker LogicalReasoningShowing whatcan be expectedbecause of whathas gone before NostalgiaDesire to returnin thought orfact to a formertime Faulty AnalogyAn focus onirrelevantsimilaritiesbetween twothings CircularReasoningRepeating theclaim as a wayto provideevidence ContrastTo compareas to pointout strikingdifferences FlatteryExcessivelypraising theaudience Appeal to LogosAppealing to theaudience’sreason; usingstatistics or data 

Rhetorical Choices and Logical Fallacies - 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. Appeal to Fear
  2. Appeal to Patriotism
  3. Emotional Words Use of words likely to engage strong emotions in the audience
  4. Equivocation Intentionally misleading the audience by using a word with a double meaning
  5. Red Herring When a speaker skips to a new and irrelevant topic
  6. Parallelism Repetition of sentence structure or phrases to create a harmonious effect
  7. Either/Or Fallacy Presenting two extreme options as the only possible choices
  8. Appeal to Ethos Establishing credibility of the speaker
  9. Hyperbole An extravagant exaggeration of fact
  10. Rhetorical Question To ask a question of an audience
  11. Straw Man A purposeful choice to oversimplify the other side’s argument to make it easier to refute/ridicule
  12. Hasty Generalization Making a conclusion without enough evidence
  13. Name-Calling Using harsh names to attack those who oppose the speaker
  14. Metaphor Figurative language comparing two unlike things
  15. Sarcasm
  16. Personal Anecdote A short, personal story
  17. Ad Hominem Switching the argument to focus on the character of the other speaker
  18. Logical Reasoning Showing what can be expected because of what has gone before
  19. Nostalgia Desire to return in thought or fact to a former time
  20. Faulty Analogy An focus on irrelevant similarities between two things
  21. Circular Reasoning Repeating the claim as a way to provide evidence
  22. Contrast To compare as to point out striking differences
  23. Flattery Excessively praising the audience
  24. Appeal to Logos Appealing to the audience’s reason; using statistics or data