Concedesthat exampleis onlytangentiallyrelated(no punintended)Bizarremetaphor"pleasedefinepronoun""This wordappears multipletimes in onesentence; pleasevary word choice.""shorten ordivide intotwosentences"Irrelevantpersonalanecdote"Considerprovidingexamples""Ithink"Paragraphthat could bedistilled intoa singlesentenceAcronymneverdefinedemoji intext orfootnote"pleasedefinethis term""eliminatepassivevoice"Missingword"Consideromitting"outdatedpopculturereference"revise forconcisionandclarity"pincitemissingNo topicsentencefor pagescommaspliceBlock quotelonger thanthreeparagraphsad hominemattack onotherauthors"citeneeded"Concedesthat exampleis onlytangentiallyrelated(no punintended)Bizarremetaphor"pleasedefinepronoun""This wordappears multipletimes in onesentence; pleasevary word choice.""shorten ordivide intotwosentences"Irrelevantpersonalanecdote"Considerprovidingexamples""Ithink"Paragraphthat could bedistilled intoa singlesentenceAcronymneverdefinedemoji intext orfootnote"pleasedefinethis term""eliminatepassivevoice"Missingword"Consideromitting"outdatedpopculturereference"revise forconcisionandclarity"pincitemissingNo topicsentencefor pagescommaspliceBlock quotelonger thanthreeparagraphsad hominemattack onotherauthors"citeneeded"

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 outdated pop culture reference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