Paragraphthat could bedistilled intoa singlesentenceIrrelevantpersonalanecdotepincitemissing"This wordappears multipletimes in onesentence; pleasevary word choice.""revise forconcisionandclarity"outdatedpopculturereferenceBlock quotelonger thanthreeparagraphsMissingwordemoji intext orfootnote"Consideromitting"(no punintended)ad hominemattack onotherauthors"Ithink"Bizarremetaphorcommasplice"Considerprovidingexamples"Acronymneverdefined"eliminatepassivevoice"Concedesthat exampleis onlytangentiallyrelated"citeneeded""pleasedefinethis term"No topicsentencefor pages"shorten ordivide intotwosentences""pleasedefinepronoun"Paragraphthat could bedistilled intoa singlesentenceIrrelevantpersonalanecdotepincitemissing"This wordappears multipletimes in onesentence; pleasevary word choice.""revise forconcisionandclarity"outdatedpopculturereferenceBlock quotelonger thanthreeparagraphsMissingwordemoji intext orfootnote"Consideromitting"(no punintended)ad hominemattack onotherauthors"Ithink"Bizarremetaphorcommasplice"Considerprovidingexamples"Acronymneverdefined"eliminatepassivevoice"Concedesthat exampleis onlytangentiallyrelated"citeneeded""pleasedefinethis term"No topicsentencefor pages"shorten ordivide intotwosentences""pleasedefinepronoun"

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 outdated pop culture reference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