Block quotelonger thanthreeparagraphsBizarremetaphorAcronymneverdefinedad hominemattack onotherauthorsoutdatedpopculturereference"This wordappears multipletimes in onesentence; pleasevary word choice.""pleasedefinepronoun"(no punintended)"Ithink"Paragraphthat could bedistilled intoa singlesentence"revise forconcisionandclarity""pleasedefinethis term"Concedesthat exampleis onlytangentiallyrelated"Consideromitting"commaspliceIrrelevantpersonalanecdoteNo topicsentencefor pages"citeneeded""shorten ordivide intotwosentences""Considerprovidingexamples"emoji intext orfootnote"eliminatepassivevoice"pincitemissingMissingwordBlock quotelonger thanthreeparagraphsBizarremetaphorAcronymneverdefinedad hominemattack onotherauthorsoutdatedpopculturereference"This wordappears multipletimes in onesentence; pleasevary word choice.""pleasedefinepronoun"(no punintended)"Ithink"Paragraphthat could bedistilled intoa singlesentence"revise forconcisionandclarity""pleasedefinethis term"Concedesthat exampleis onlytangentiallyrelated"Consideromitting"commaspliceIrrelevantpersonalanecdoteNo topicsentencefor pages"citeneeded""shorten ordivide intotwosentences""Considerprovidingexamples"emoji intext orfootnote"eliminatepassivevoice"pincitemissingMissingword

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 outdated pop culture reference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