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

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