mistakesof factwrong ormissingitalicsinsufficientquotesfrom textgeneralizationsin the textlacksreferenceto classdiscussionstrayingfromthesisattributingintent toDostoevskysentencetoo longtoomany“of”sconfusingauthor-narrator-characterfluffmore than3 “is/are”in thepaperpassivevoiceGeneralizationsin introductionvaguenesspretentiouswordinesscitationformat(missingtranslator,etc.)adverbscomparatives(“more” or“less”)quotemarksredundancy(“Dostoevskyis one of thegreatest”…)jargonmistakesof factwrong ormissingitalicsinsufficientquotesfrom textgeneralizationsin the textlacksreferenceto classdiscussionstrayingfromthesisattributingintent toDostoevskysentencetoo longtoomany“of”sconfusingauthor-narrator-characterfluffmore than3 “is/are”in thepaperpassivevoiceGeneralizationsin introductionvaguenesspretentiouswordinesscitationformat(missingtranslator,etc.)adverbscomparatives(“more” or“less”)quotemarksredundancy(“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. mistakes of fact
  2. wrong or missing italics
  3. insufficient quotes from text
  4. generalizations in the text
  5. lacks reference to class discussion
  6. straying from thesis
  7. attributing intent to Dostoevsky
  8. sentence too long
  9. too many “of”s
  10. confusing author-narrator-character
  11. fluff
  12. more than 3 “is/are” in the paper
  13. passive voice
  14. Generalizations in introduction
  15. vagueness
  16. pretentious
  17. wordiness
  18. citation format (missing translator, etc.)
  19. adverbs
  20. comparatives (“more” or “less”)
  21. quote marks
  22. redundancy
  23. (“Dostoevsky is one of the greatest”…)
  24. jargon