"shorten ordivide intotwosentences""pleasedefinepronoun"Acronymneverdefined"Considerprovidingexamples""citeneeded""Consideromitting"(no punintended)"pleasedefinethis term""Ithink"Block quotelonger thanthreeparagraphsParagraphthat could bedistilled intoa singlesentence"eliminatepassivevoice""This wordappears multipletimes in onesentence; pleasevary word choice."Irrelevantpersonalanecdote"revise forconcisionandclarity"emoji intext orfootnotead hominemattack onotherauthorscommaspliceBizarremetaphoroutdatedpopculturereferenceConcedesthat exampleis onlytangentiallyrelatedpincitemissingNo topicsentencefor pagesMissingword"shorten ordivide intotwosentences""pleasedefinepronoun"Acronymneverdefined"Considerprovidingexamples""citeneeded""Consideromitting"(no punintended)"pleasedefinethis term""Ithink"Block quotelonger thanthreeparagraphsParagraphthat could bedistilled intoa singlesentence"eliminatepassivevoice""This wordappears multipletimes in onesentence; pleasevary word choice."Irrelevantpersonalanecdote"revise forconcisionandclarity"emoji intext orfootnotead hominemattack onotherauthorscommaspliceBizarremetaphoroutdatedpopculturereferenceConcedesthat exampleis onlytangentiallyrelatedpincitemissingNo topicsentencefor pagesMissingword

Substantive Edit Memo 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. "shorten or divide into two sentences"
  2. "please define pronoun"
  3. Acronym never defined
  4. "Consider providing examples"
  5. "cite needed"
  6. "Consider omitting"
  7. (no pun intended)
  8. "please define this term"
  9. "I think"
  10. Block quote longer than three paragraphs
  11. Paragraph that could be distilled into a single sentence
  12. "eliminate passive voice"
  13. "This word appears multiple times in one sentence; please vary word choice."
  14. Irrelevant personal anecdote
  15. "revise for concision and clarity"
  16. emoji in text or footnote
  17. ad hominem attack on other authors
  18. comma splice
  19. Bizarre metaphor
  20. outdated pop culture reference
  21. Concedes that example is only tangentially related
  22. pincite missing
  23. No topic sentence for pages
  24. Missing word