"Ithink""citeneeded"Acronymneverdefinedpincitemissingemoji intext orfootnote"pleasedefinepronoun"commasplice"revise forconcisionandclarity""pleasedefinethis term"Missingword"This wordappears multipletimes in onesentence; pleasevary word choice."Concedesthat exampleis onlytangentiallyrelatedad hominemattack onotherauthors(no punintended)outdatedpopculturereferenceBlock quotelonger thanthreeparagraphsNo topicsentencefor pages"eliminatepassivevoice""Considerprovidingexamples"Irrelevantpersonalanecdote"Consideromitting"BizarremetaphorParagraphthat could bedistilled intoa singlesentence"shorten ordivide intotwosentences""Ithink""citeneeded"Acronymneverdefinedpincitemissingemoji intext orfootnote"pleasedefinepronoun"commasplice"revise forconcisionandclarity""pleasedefinethis term"Missingword"This wordappears multipletimes in onesentence; pleasevary word choice."Concedesthat exampleis onlytangentiallyrelatedad hominemattack onotherauthors(no punintended)outdatedpopculturereferenceBlock quotelonger thanthreeparagraphsNo topicsentencefor pages"eliminatepassivevoice""Considerprovidingexamples"Irrelevantpersonalanecdote"Consideromitting"BizarremetaphorParagraphthat could bedistilled intoa singlesentence"shorten ordivide intotwosentences"

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 outdated pop culture reference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