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

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