outdatedpopculturereference"pleasedefinethis term"Paragraphthat could bedistilled intoa singlesentenceBlock quotelonger thanthreeparagraphs"revise forconcisionandclarity"AcronymneverdefinedMissingwordad hominemattack onotherauthors"eliminatepassivevoice"emoji intext orfootnoteBizarremetaphor"citeneeded"pincitemissingIrrelevantpersonalanecdote"pleasedefinepronoun""This wordappears multipletimes in onesentence; pleasevary word choice.""Ithink"No topicsentencefor pages"Considerprovidingexamples"commaspliceConcedesthat exampleis onlytangentiallyrelated(no punintended)"shorten ordivide intotwosentences""Consideromitting"outdatedpopculturereference"pleasedefinethis term"Paragraphthat could bedistilled intoa singlesentenceBlock quotelonger thanthreeparagraphs"revise forconcisionandclarity"AcronymneverdefinedMissingwordad hominemattack onotherauthors"eliminatepassivevoice"emoji intext orfootnoteBizarremetaphor"citeneeded"pincitemissingIrrelevantpersonalanecdote"pleasedefinepronoun""This wordappears multipletimes in onesentence; pleasevary word choice.""Ithink"No topicsentencefor pages"Considerprovidingexamples"commaspliceConcedesthat exampleis onlytangentiallyrelated(no punintended)"shorten ordivide intotwosentences""Consideromitting"

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 outdated pop culture reference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