Compare and Contrast Essay

PEER REVIEW SHEET

INTRO:

1) DOES THE OPENER SHOW A PROBLEM/ISSUE (NOT THE ARGUMENT)?

2) ARE THE 3 POINTS STATED AND EXPLAINED IN THE INTRO?

3) DO THE 3 POINTS REVEAL THE STRUCTURE OF THE ESSAY? AA BB CC/ ABCABC

4) IS THE THESIS CLEAR AND THE LAST STATEMENT?

5) IS THE WORDING AND LANGUAGE CLEAR?

BODY PARAGRAPHS

1) DO THE TOPIC SENTENCES REFLECT THE POINTS 1-3? (2 OBJ., SIM/DIFF, EVIDENCE)

2) DOES THE PAR. CONTENT SUPPORT THE TOPIC SENTENCE?

3) DOES THE PAPER FOLLOW THE PROPER FORMAT MLA OR APA?

4) IS THE LANGUAGE CLEAR?

5) ARE THE SENTENCES PROPERLY PUNCTUATED? (COMMA USAGE/SEMICOLON USAGE, ETC.)

CONCLUSION

1) DOES THE TOPIC SENTENCE REFLECT/SUPPORT THE THESIS?

2) DOES THE PAR. EFFECTIVELY RECOUNT OR ADVANCE THE POINTS DISCUSSED IN THE PAPER?

3) IS THE LANGUAGE CLEAR AND WELL WORDED?

OVERALL

1) HAS THE PAPER INTEGERATED AND UTILIZED SOURCES WELL THROUGHOUT THE PAPER? ARE QUOTES PROPERLY INTEGRATED INTO SENTENCES? NO FREE STANDING QUOTES!

2) IS THIS A GOOD, BAD, OR FAIR PAPER?

3) DOES THE PAPER TAKE A CLEAR STAND AND DEFEND IT?

4) ARE GRAMMAR, MECHANICS, & LOGISTICS IN ORDER?

5) ARE THERE ANY FIRST PERSON REFERENCES (I, WE, US, OUR, MY ---OR YOU/YOUR)?

6) ARE THERE ANY CONTRACTIONS (OUTSIDE OF DIRECT QUOTES)?

7) DOES THE WORK HAVE A TITLE? NOT NAMED AFTER THE ASSIGNMENT OR TEXT

8) IS THE DOCUMENT PROPERLY DOUBLE SPACED—NO EXTRA SPACES

9) ARE TITLES OF WORKS REFERENCED ITALICIZED OR IN QUOTES (SHORTER WORKS) OR UNDERLINED (BOOKS/LONGER WORKS)?

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