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

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