Ad HominemSwitching theargument tofocus on thecharacter of theother speaker Appeal toPatriotismCircularReasoningRepeating theclaim as a wayto provideevidence NostalgiaDesire to returnin thought orfact to a formertime HyperboleAnextravagantexaggerationof fact FlatteryExcessivelypraising theaudience Name-CallingUsing harshnames to attackthose whooppose thespeakerSarcasm Either/Or FallacyPresenting twoextreme optionsas the onlypossible choices Appealto Fear RhetoricalQuestionTo ask aquestion ofan audience ParallelismRepetition ofsentence structureor phrases tocreate aharmonious effect Red HerringWhen aspeaker skipsto a new andirrelevant topic Faulty AnalogyAn focus onirrelevantsimilaritiesbetween twothings EquivocationIntentionallymisleading theaudience by usinga word with adouble meaning LogicalReasoningShowing whatcan be expectedbecause of whathas gone before PersonalAnecdoteA short,personalstory HastyGeneralizationMaking aconclusionwithout enoughevidence ContrastTo compareas to pointout strikingdifferences MetaphorFigurativelanguagecomparing twounlike things EmotionalWordsUse of wordslikely to engagestrong emotionsin the audience Straw ManA purposeful choiceto oversimplify theother side’sargument to make iteasier torefute/ridicule Appeal toEthosEstablishingcredibility ofthe speakerAppeal to LogosAppealing to theaudience’sreason; usingstatistics or data Ad HominemSwitching theargument tofocus on thecharacter of theother speaker Appeal toPatriotismCircularReasoningRepeating theclaim as a wayto provideevidence NostalgiaDesire to returnin thought orfact to a formertime HyperboleAnextravagantexaggerationof fact FlatteryExcessivelypraising theaudience Name-CallingUsing harshnames to attackthose whooppose thespeakerSarcasm Either/Or FallacyPresenting twoextreme optionsas the onlypossible choices Appealto Fear RhetoricalQuestionTo ask aquestion ofan audience ParallelismRepetition ofsentence structureor phrases tocreate aharmonious effect Red HerringWhen aspeaker skipsto a new andirrelevant topic Faulty AnalogyAn focus onirrelevantsimilaritiesbetween twothings EquivocationIntentionallymisleading theaudience by usinga word with adouble meaning LogicalReasoningShowing whatcan be expectedbecause of whathas gone before PersonalAnecdoteA short,personalstory HastyGeneralizationMaking aconclusionwithout enoughevidence ContrastTo compareas to pointout strikingdifferences MetaphorFigurativelanguagecomparing twounlike things EmotionalWordsUse of wordslikely to engagestrong emotionsin the audience Straw ManA purposeful choiceto oversimplify theother side’sargument to make iteasier torefute/ridicule Appeal toEthosEstablishingcredibility ofthe speakerAppeal 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. Ad Hominem Switching the argument to focus on the character of the other speaker
  2. Appeal to Patriotism
  3. Circular Reasoning Repeating the claim as a way to provide evidence
  4. Nostalgia Desire to return in thought or fact to a former time
  5. Hyperbole An extravagant exaggeration of fact
  6. Flattery Excessively praising the audience
  7. Name-Calling Using harsh names to attack those who oppose the speaker
  8. Sarcasm
  9. Either/Or Fallacy Presenting two extreme options as the only possible choices
  10. Appeal to Fear
  11. Rhetorical Question To ask a question of an audience
  12. Parallelism Repetition of sentence structure or phrases to create a harmonious effect
  13. Red Herring When a speaker skips to a new and irrelevant topic
  14. Faulty Analogy An focus on irrelevant similarities between two things
  15. Equivocation Intentionally misleading the audience by using a word with a double meaning
  16. Logical Reasoning Showing what can be expected because of what has gone before
  17. Personal Anecdote A short, personal story
  18. Hasty Generalization Making a conclusion without enough evidence
  19. Contrast To compare as to point out striking differences
  20. Metaphor Figurative language comparing two unlike things
  21. Emotional Words Use of words likely to engage strong emotions in the audience
  22. Straw Man A purposeful choice to oversimplify the other side’s argument to make it easier to refute/ridicule
  23. Appeal to Ethos Establishing credibility of the speaker
  24. Appeal to Logos Appealing to the audience’s reason; using statistics or data