English 302: BB1
George Mason University

Summer 2009

 

Peer Review

Please print these questions and bring them to class. In class, you will each exchange a printed copy of your draft with another student. Read the draft, then respond to the following questions:

  1. What is the thesis or main point of the paper?

  2. Locate and list the topic sentences of each paragraph.
    Some paragraphs, such as transitionals, extended examples, and summaries, may not have clear topic sentences. For short transitional paragraphs, topic sentences are unnecessary; for extended examples and summaries, try to express the main idea of the paragraph (or sections of paragraphs) in a sentence or two.

  3. Does each topic sentence support the thesis?
    Are the topics in the best order? How might they be re-arranged?

  4. Within the paragraphs, are sources used to support the main idea as expressed in the topic sentence?
    Do most of the key points have more than one source of support?
    Are the citations clear?
    Identify any points which rely on only one source, or an ambiguously cited source, for support.

  5. What is the paper's conclusion? Is the paper's reasoning sound?
Write your responses on a sheet of paper, and give it and the draft back to the author. I will collect peer reviews and drafts when I collect the final papers.

 


 

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