Bizarremetaphor"citeneeded"(no punintended)emoji intext orfootnoteAcronymneverdefined"This wordappears multipletimes in onesentence; pleasevary word choice.""pleasedefinepronoun"outdatedpopculturereference"Consideromitting""Considerprovidingexamples"No topicsentencefor pagespincitemissingParagraphthat could bedistilled intoa singlesentenceConcedesthat exampleis onlytangentiallyrelated"revise forconcisionandclarity"Block quotelonger thanthreeparagraphs"Ithink""pleasedefinethis term"Missingwordad hominemattack onotherauthors"shorten ordivide intotwosentences""eliminatepassivevoice"commaspliceIrrelevantpersonalanecdoteBizarremetaphor"citeneeded"(no punintended)emoji intext orfootnoteAcronymneverdefined"This wordappears multipletimes in onesentence; pleasevary word choice.""pleasedefinepronoun"outdatedpopculturereference"Consideromitting""Considerprovidingexamples"No topicsentencefor pagespincitemissingParagraphthat could bedistilled intoa singlesentenceConcedesthat exampleis onlytangentiallyrelated"revise forconcisionandclarity"Block quotelonger thanthreeparagraphs"Ithink""pleasedefinethis term"Missingwordad hominemattack onotherauthors"shorten ordivide intotwosentences""eliminatepassivevoice"commaspliceIrrelevantpersonalanecdote

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 outdated pop culture reference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