passivevoicesentencetoo longmore than3 “is/are”in thepaperadverbsinsufficientquotesfrom textstrayingfromthesiswrong ormissingitalicsgeneralizationsin the textcomparatives(“more” or“less”)mistakesof factlacksreferenceto classdiscussiontoomany“of”svaguenesswordinessGeneralizationsin introductionredundancyfluff(“Dostoevskyis one of thegreatest”…)citationformat(missingtranslator,etc.)attributingintent toDostoevskyjargonconfusingauthor-narrator-characterpretentiousquotemarkspassivevoicesentencetoo longmore than3 “is/are”in thepaperadverbsinsufficientquotesfrom textstrayingfromthesiswrong ormissingitalicsgeneralizationsin the textcomparatives(“more” or“less”)mistakesof factlacksreferenceto classdiscussiontoomany“of”svaguenesswordinessGeneralizationsin introductionredundancyfluff(“Dostoevskyis one of thegreatest”…)citationformat(missingtranslator,etc.)attributingintent toDostoevskyjargonconfusingauthor-narrator-characterpretentiousquotemarks

Dostoevsky Paper Bingo - 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. passive voice
  2. sentence too long
  3. more than 3 “is/are” in the paper
  4. adverbs
  5. insufficient quotes from text
  6. straying from thesis
  7. wrong or missing italics
  8. generalizations in the text
  9. comparatives (“more” or “less”)
  10. mistakes of fact
  11. lacks reference to class discussion
  12. too many “of”s
  13. vagueness
  14. wordiness
  15. Generalizations in introduction
  16. redundancy
  17. fluff
  18. (“Dostoevsky is one of the greatest”…)
  19. citation format (missing translator, etc.)
  20. attributing intent to Dostoevsky
  21. jargon
  22. confusing author-narrator-character
  23. pretentious
  24. quote marks