comment essay

Instructions (read closely):

Step One:

Prepare a draft of your final paper and share with a peer in your section

Step Two:

Complete this document, providing detailed feedback for your partner.

Step Three:

Share this document with the person you reviewed. Via email is perhaps the best way to share your feedback

Step Four:

Save the document with your last name as the title of the document

Step Five:

Submit your completed form to GauchoSpace under the Peer Review Assignment

Once you have received your feedback, review the form with your writing. Did the reviewer capture your thesis statement correctly? Are your citations correct? Is your bibliography properly formatted? Are you being as specific as you can be with your paper? All of these are important while reviewing your paper as they are areas that will be graded.

Note from your TA’s:

Remember, someone is also reviewing your paper. If you would like thorough feedback, contribute to the cycle and provide strong and detailed feedback. Think critically about what could be improved, remember that your TA will be reading this and we are looking for critical thought and specificity

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Thesis statement (5 points)

Does the thesis statement include:

Threshold Concept

Media being analyzed

Clear argument

( ) yes ( ) no

( ) yes ( ) no

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What is the thesis statement? Copy and paste is below.

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What can make the thesis statement stronger?

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Sources (5 points)

Are there at least three sources cited in the paper?

( ) yes ( ) no

What are the three sources (list them)

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What journal are the sources from? Are they academic?

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Are the sources paraphrased? How can they be better described? (Hint: arguments are stronger when you paraphrase sources instead of quote)

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Incorporation of Class Materials (5 points)

Is the textbook cited and included in the paper?

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What concepts or main ideas from the book are used?

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What concepts or main ideas do you think could make the paper stronger?

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Are the terms used inaccurately?

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What do you suggest to make the paper stronger and more closely related to course concepts? (hint: look at your notes)

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Threshold Concepts - TC (5 points)

What threshold concept is used? Is it properly stated?

( ) Gender as a Social Construct

( ) Privilege and Oppression

( ) Intersectionality

( ) Feminist Praxis

Are there more than one TC being used? What TC do you think fits best?

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How is the TC used as a lens to analyze their media?

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What specific examples from the media are used? How are they connected to the TC?

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Are there direct connections between the media and class concepts? How can these connections be made stronger?

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If the paper specific? Or does it remain generalized? (Papers should be extremely specific)

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Grammar, Spelling, and Formatting (5 points)

Is the bibliography properly formatted (annotated bibliography not needed)?

( ) yes ( ) no

Do spelling mistakes need to be addressed?

( ) yes ( ) no

Is the paper double spaced?

( ) yes ( ) no

Is there a cover page?

( ) yes ( ) no

Is the paper 1500-1800 words?

( ) yes ( ) no

Are there sentences that are confusing and need to be edited? Which are they?

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