English 103–Essay #3: Peer Review Worksheet Reviewer’s Name: Essay Writer’s Nam

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English 103–Essay #3: Peer Review Worksheet
Reviewer’s Name:
Essay Writer’s Name:
Write your answers below (or on a separate sheet of paper) to each of the questions.
1. First, begin by reading the essay through non-stop. What is the purpose of the essay? Write a few sentences about your overall impression. Summarize the main idea of the essay as you understand it.
Who do you think is the audience for this paper? Next read the essay to yourself slowly and write your responses to the following questions, or make notes and marks on the essay as necessary. Avoid useless Yes or No answers; offer complete responses and suggestions you feel would help to improve your peer’s draft.
2. Find the thesis sentence in the paper and underline it. What insight about the corporation does the thesis make? What do you enjoy most about the writer’s approach to the subject?
Introduction and background information:
3. Does the author mention the corporation and provide adequate background information in the introduction? Is there a creative “hook” that grabs the reader’s attention?
4. Is there a brief overview of the essay in the introduction—some indication as to how the author will develop his or her ideas? What needs to be added, if anything?
5. Are there any terms used in the essay that require explanation or special definition? List them. Important terms should be defined in the introduction or early in the essay.
Body Paragraphs:
6. Examine one paragraph. Choose one body paragraph to examine in detail. The purpose of the body paragraphs is to take one aspect of the thesis statement, explain it in detail, and support it with researched quotes, explaining how the quote proves the author’s point. The goal of this essay is to convince readers whether or not to support a corporation based on its business practices.
A. Topic Sentence: Find the topic sentence of the paragraph, and underline it. The topic sentence in the paragraph should express the paragraph’s main point, which supports the paper’s thesis. Is the point of that sentence sufficiently clear? If not, how could it be improved?
B. Transitions: Identify words or phrases at the beginning and / or end of the paragraph that serve to make a logical transition both to that paragraph and to the next paragraph. Do those transitions work for you? Could they be improved? How?
C. Quotes: Look at the evidence provided in the paragraph (usually a quote or two, but at least a specific reference to the source). Does it clearly support the conclusion(s) drawn from it? Is more evidence needed?
7. Look briefly at the paragraphs or sections on (1) the consumer’s perception of the corporation; (2)the corporation’s website / self-representation and/or advertising; and (3) the sections where the corporation’s business practices are discussed. Note any places where more detail, clarity, support, or development is needed.
Suggestions for Reorganization or Development:
8. Focus now on the entire essay. What still needs to be discussed by the writer? Discuss any ideas you might have to help the writer complete effective argument about whether or not we should continue to support the corporation. 9. Underline and / or make margin notes to address each of the following questions.
∙ Point out passages that provide a clear, easy-to-follow analysis.
∙ Point out places where the writer showed some enlightening insight into the subject
∙ Point out places where you would like greater specificity or more detail.
∙ Point out general or flat statements. Indicate places where the writer might be more successful in illustrating the thesis through use of summary, paraphrase, or quotation.
10. Look at the ending. Is it satisfying? Does it repeat what you already know? Does it oversimplify or reduce the author’s thesisto something less important than you expected? Does the ending frame the essay by referring back to the beginning or explain the overall significance or importance of the subject? Were you convinced by the author’s argument? Was it insightful?
11. Documentation & Quoting: Is the documentation, as far as it is used in the draft, correct? Does the author use quotes effectively? Does s/he integrate them well, or are they simply inserted? Does the author use too many quotes? Too few? Are there appropriate uses of paraphrase and summary as well?

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