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ENG 121 – Peer Review Template
Week Three Discussion: Peer Review
As part of the writing process, you are expected to reflect on your work and revise and edit accordingly. It is also useful to establish a community of learners in which you help edit and proofread each other’s papers. This reciprocal process will help you identify areas of strength and weakness in others’ writing as well as reflect on your own work and perhaps discover similar mistakes. For this week, you will be performing a peer review on your Personal Essay – Draft before you submit it to your instructor on Day 7.
For this discussion, please either (a) upload your paper (.doc format) as a new thread with your name and title of paper, or (b) create a new thread in which you copy and paste your essay into the body of your post. The draft you share with your peers needs to be at least two double-spaced pages in length. After posting your draft, you will perform one peer review in which you will complete the “Peer Review Template” and upload it as .doc file. Please review a paper written by a classmate who has not yet received feedback.
GENERAL
What did the writer do well in the essay? Please be specific.
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THESIS
How does the writer indicate that it will be a personal essay? Is there a clear thesis? Describe how features of the essay and thesis work and/or need work.
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Do all major points relate back to the thesis statement? In short, does the writer seem to go off topic in places? If so, how? (In other words, is the paper unified and are all points related?) If not, suggest ways to correct.
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ORGANIZATION/STRUCTURE
List the use of transition words and phrases that show chronology or shifts in topic. Are additional transitions needed? If so, where?
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Indicate where the writer uses features like concrete language, tone, or abstract language effectively.
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Does the writer provide enough description, dialogue or narration so that you can
easily infer the thesis or controlling idea for the essay? Where might the writer include more dialogue, narration, or description?
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EDITING
Suggest at least one item the writer might add to this essay.
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Suggest at least one item the writer might remove from this essay.
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CONCLUSION
Is the concluding paragraph effective? If so, why? If it is not effective, what can be done?
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After completing this template, copy and paste your responses to the discussion board. Your response should be posted as a reply to the original thread for the essay that you reviewed.