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

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