Peer review

Creative Nonfiction -- Peer Response Sheet

Title of Paper_____________________________________________________

Peer Editor Instructions:

· Remember that being a good editor of someone else’s work can make you become a better writer too, because it forces you to think more about what makes good writing. So, it is just as important for the writer as it is for the “peer editor.”

· Concentrate on giving the best analysis and suggestions that you can. Complete the response sheet by answering these question fully.

1. Summarize the event that the writer conveys. Explain how familiar you were with the event prior to reading this essay. What did you learn? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Evaluate the introduction. Does it have an effective attention grabber? Does it invite the reader in? If not, how would you improve it? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Finish this statement: “Some things I liked best about this paper were…” ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Where could the author use more description and/or add sensory details?

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5. Did the author tell the story in a confident and conversational manner? What are some of the major academic writing mistakes you identify in this work (run-ons, subject-verb agreement, narrative voice, etc.)? Be specific. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________