answer questions

1. How can the introduction be improved? Is there a hook? Does it grab your attention? Does it give background information about the topic that will be discussed?

2. Can you identify the thesis statement? Does it give a preview of the author’s main topics? How could it be improved? What do you think the rest of the paper is going to be about based off this thesis statement?

3. Does each paragraph stick to one main idea? Where in the paper are the author’s ideas unclear?

4. Is the author adopting an academic tone? If not, which areas can they make more formal?

5. How effectively does the paper accomplish the purpose of the essay? Are they summarizing, giving context, and discussing their interpretation of the text’s exigence and aims?

6. How can the conclusion be strengthened? Does it review the main points and then offer a -so what? Does it show the implications of their interpretation of this text?

7. What grammatical issues do you suggest the writer focus on when writing the second and/or final draft?

8. As a whole does the essay flow nicely from one idea to the next? Where in the paper were the transitions too abrupt?

9. Where does the author need additional explanation to make their point clear?

10. What additional suggestions do you have for the author?