passivevoicevaguenesscomparatives(“more” or“less”)insufficientquotesfrom textredundancypretentiousmore than3 “is/are”in thepaperquotemarkswordinessconfusingauthor-narrator-characteradverbscitationformat(missingtranslator,etc.)generalizationsin the textflufftoomany“of”sGeneralizationsin introductionattributingintent toDostoevskywrong ormissingitalicsstrayingfromthesissentencetoo longlacksreferenceto classdiscussionmistakesof fact(“Dostoevskyis one of thegreatest”…)jargonpassivevoicevaguenesscomparatives(“more” or“less”)insufficientquotesfrom textredundancypretentiousmore than3 “is/are”in thepaperquotemarkswordinessconfusingauthor-narrator-characteradverbscitationformat(missingtranslator,etc.)generalizationsin the textflufftoomany“of”sGeneralizationsin introductionattributingintent toDostoevskywrong ormissingitalicsstrayingfromthesissentencetoo longlacksreferenceto classdiscussionmistakesof fact(“Dostoevskyis one of thegreatest”…)jargon

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