peer critique of two students
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QUESTION.docxDirections: Read through the rough draft once before answering the questions below. Next, read the rough draft again and answer the following questions. Make sure your responses are in complete sentences.
And pay special attention to the questions highlighted. Those questions are most important, and they will not only help the person you are reviewing, but they will help make your own essay stronger too.
1. What is your overall reaction to this proposal? Does it make you want to go out and do something about the problem?
2. Are you convinced that the problem is of concern to you? If not, why not?
3. Does the thesis clearly call for action? Is the proposal as clear and specific as possible?
5. Are you persuaded that the writer’s solution is workable? Why, or why not?
6. Has the writer paid enough attention to readers and their concerns?
7. Restate what you understand to be the proposal’s major points?
a. Problem
b. Explanation of problem and why it matters
c. Proposed solution
d. Explanation of proposal and its practicality
e. Reasons and procedure to implement proposal
f. Proposal’s advantages, disadvantages, and responses to other solutions
8. Will readers understand the relationship among the thesis, supporting details, refutation, and evidence? If not, how might those connections be clearer? Is the function of every paragraph clear? Are more transitions needed?
9. Is the documentation appropriate and consistent?
10. If this paper were yours., what is the one thing you would be sure to work on before handing it in?
11. Highlight any grammar and spelling errors in the essay. Then offer suggestions for change.
12. Highlight all contractions and fix them. Highlight all first and second person pronouns. Fix them for the author. Highlight all instances of you or your, and offer suggestions.
