BizarremetaphorNo topicsentencefor pages"revise forconcisionandclarity"ad hominemattack onotherauthors"pleasedefinepronoun"pincitemissing(no punintended)"Considerprovidingexamples""citeneeded"AcronymneverdefinedParagraphthat could bedistilled intoa singlesentenceMissingword"pleasedefinethis term""Consideromitting""shorten ordivide intotwosentences""Ithink"Block quotelonger thanthreeparagraphsIrrelevantpersonalanecdoteConcedesthat exampleis onlytangentiallyrelatedoutdatedpopculturereference"eliminatepassivevoice""This wordappears multipletimes in onesentence; pleasevary word choice."emoji intext orfootnotecommaspliceBizarremetaphorNo topicsentencefor pages"revise forconcisionandclarity"ad hominemattack onotherauthors"pleasedefinepronoun"pincitemissing(no punintended)"Considerprovidingexamples""citeneeded"AcronymneverdefinedParagraphthat could bedistilled intoa singlesentenceMissingword"pleasedefinethis term""Consideromitting""shorten ordivide intotwosentences""Ithink"Block quotelonger thanthreeparagraphsIrrelevantpersonalanecdoteConcedesthat exampleis onlytangentiallyrelatedoutdatedpopculturereference"eliminatepassivevoice""This wordappears multipletimes in onesentence; pleasevary word choice."emoji intext orfootnotecommasplice

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 outdated pop culture reference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