AcronymneverdefinedIrrelevantpersonalanecdoteNo topicsentencefor pagesoutdatedpopculturereferencecommaspliceBlock quotelonger thanthreeparagraphs"eliminatepassivevoice""pleasedefinethis term"ad hominemattack onotherauthorsMissingword"Ithink"pincitemissing"citeneeded"Paragraphthat could bedistilled intoa singlesentenceBizarremetaphor"This wordappears multipletimes in onesentence; pleasevary word choice."(no punintended)"Considerprovidingexamples""Consideromitting""revise forconcisionandclarity""shorten ordivide intotwosentences"Concedesthat exampleis onlytangentiallyrelatedemoji intext orfootnote"pleasedefinepronoun"AcronymneverdefinedIrrelevantpersonalanecdoteNo topicsentencefor pagesoutdatedpopculturereferencecommaspliceBlock quotelonger thanthreeparagraphs"eliminatepassivevoice""pleasedefinethis term"ad hominemattack onotherauthorsMissingword"Ithink"pincitemissing"citeneeded"Paragraphthat could bedistilled intoa singlesentenceBizarremetaphor"This wordappears multipletimes in onesentence; pleasevary word choice."(no punintended)"Considerprovidingexamples""Consideromitting""revise forconcisionandclarity""shorten ordivide intotwosentences"Concedesthat exampleis onlytangentiallyrelatedemoji intext orfootnote"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. Acronym never defined
  2. Irrelevant personal anecdote
  3. No topic sentence for pages
  4. outdated pop culture reference
  5. comma splice
  6. Block quote longer than three paragraphs
  7. "eliminate passive voice"
  8. "please define this term"
  9. ad hominem attack on other authors
  10. Missing word
  11. "I think"
  12. pincite missing
  13. "cite needed"
  14. Paragraph that could be distilled into a single sentence
  15. Bizarre metaphor
  16. "This word appears multiple times in one sentence; please vary word choice."
  17. (no pun intended)
  18. "Consider providing examples"
  19. "Consider omitting"
  20. "revise for concision and clarity"
  21. "shorten or divide into two sentences"
  22. Concedes that example is only tangentially related
  23. emoji in text or footnote
  24. "please define pronoun"