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We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Introduction
- We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Is the title creative? Does it reflect the content of the intro? (Often students disregard the importance of a title to an essay. The title is the first thing a reader reads, so it can serve as the initial hook to grab the reader’s attention. A good title would not be Essay #1: Topic 2, Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream,”or the topic itself.Instead, a title should be more detailed and should reflect the author’s thesis, the purpose or point of his/her essay.)
- Is the intro itself creative? Does the introduction make you want to keep reading? Why or why not? Does the author use colorful vocabulary, transitions when necessary and varied sentence patterns to maintain interest? Does the author avoid wordiness and repetition and present ideas in a clear manner?
- Does the author provide enough background information to familiarize you with the subject(s) of his/her essay? If so, is this information relevant to his/her discussion? Does the information stated provide an effective lead in to the thesis?
- Does the intro include an easily identifiable thesis statement? (Underline the thesis statement.) Does it provide an approach to be followed in the essay? Does it argue a position?
- Does the intro have any grammar or punctuation errors that you can identify? (shifts in person [unnecessary shifts to 1st(I, we, us) or 2nd (you) person], shifts in verb tense (unnecessary shifts to present or past tense), comma and semicolon, subject/verb agreement, and/or pronoun/antecedent agreement errors) We Can Remember It for You Wholesale
- Does the author uses active voice as much as possible? In other words, does he/she avoid the overuse of to be verbs”? We Can Remember It for You Wholesale
- Does the author use proper MLA format?
Body Paragraph Peer Review
- Does the writer organize each body paragraph around a topic sentence that serves as a mini-thesis statement for that paragraph?
- Is the mini-thesis supported with cited textual evidence and analysis (explanation of the text)?
- Is there a concluding sentence that serves to show how the claim was proved?
- Are all opinions expressed substantiated (proven) with examples (perhaps short quotations or paraphrases from reputable sources)? We Can Remember It for You Wholesale
- Does the paragraph use transition words and phrases to aid in coherence? Please point out to the writer which paragraphs do not contain a topic sentence or lack coherence.
- If you are confused about what a paragraph’s point is, or you are not sure what its purpose serves, or if there seem to be several points being made, let the writer know. Remind him or her to aim for one main idea per paragraph.
- Alert the writer if you notice he or she is not smoothly embedding quotations, is quoting directly when s/he could easily be paraphrasing the information, or if you are not sure s/he is correctly citing her sources. Also, be sure to point out if support is missing, unclear, or could be stronger.
- Does the paragraph support the thesis statement?
- Does the paragraph transition smoothly from the previous one and to the next one? We Can Remember It for You Wholesale