pretentious (“Dostoevsky is one of the greatest”…) citation format (missing translator, etc.) too many “of”s confusing author- narrator- character generalizations in the text sentence too long fluff redundancy vagueness adverbs lacks reference to class discussion insufficient quotes from text quote marks comparatives (“more” or “less”) straying from thesis mistakes of fact wordiness more than 3 “is/are” in the paper Generalizations in introduction jargon passive voice attributing intent to Dostoevsky wrong or missing italics pretentious (“Dostoevsky is one of the greatest”…) citation format (missing translator, etc.) too many “of”s confusing author- narrator- character generalizations in the text sentence too long fluff redundancy vagueness adverbs lacks reference to class discussion insufficient quotes from text quote marks comparatives (“more” or “less”) straying from thesis mistakes of fact wordiness more than 3 “is/are” in the paper Generalizations in introduction jargon passive voice attributing intent to Dostoevsky wrong or missing italics
(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.
pretentious
(“Dostoevsky is one of the greatest”…)
citation format (missing translator, etc.)
too many “of”s
confusing author-narrator-character
generalizations in the text
sentence too long
fluff
redundancy
vagueness
adverbs
lacks reference to class discussion
insufficient quotes from text
quote marks
comparatives (“more” or “less”)
straying from thesis
mistakes of fact
wordiness
more than 3 “is/are” in the paper
Generalizations in introduction
jargon
passive voice
attributing intent to Dostoevsky
wrong or missing italics