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