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

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