Title of Paper ___________________Author:_____________
Peer Reviewer:______________ Date_______
1. What is the thesis of this paper? Does it meet the requirements of the assignment?
2. What was the best part of the paper? Give the writer a good compliment
3. What are the key words in the thesis? What kind of paper is it? In other words, is it a cause and effect? compare/contrast? a conglomeration of those?
4. Review the effectiveness of the introduction and ways to make it better.
*Does it capture attention?
*Does it use a quotation, fact or anecdote to create interest?
*What would make it better?5 Did the writing in the overall essay stop you because you were puzzled by grammar, punctuation or meaning? If so, where?
6. Point out any places where information was not clearly presented or was inadequate with HUH?
7. Point out any terms that should be defined with A WHAT?
8. What type of compare/contrast essay is this? Block, item or point? Explain why?
9. What paragraphs seem to need more quotations from the text? Please indicate why.
10. Are transitions used to help the ideas flow? Where do more transitions need to be used -- if any?
11 . Any effective seminar paper has a culminating point, where the reader knows we are wrapping it up; this is sometimes called the climatic point. Identify the high point/climax with YES!
12. Evaluate the effectiveness of the ending and ways to make it better.
Does it leave you hanging? Is it too abrupt?
Does it oversimplify the material?
Does is fulfill the promise of the introduction?13. Are citations used in proper format? Is the Works Cited organized and in alphabetical order? (Use your Handbook book to aid you with this.)
14. What will be most memorable?
15. If this were your essay, what would you change?
16. What needs more work?17. Any other comments or suggestions for the author?
Remember to be honest in your feedback but not harsh. Telling someone that there are not enough details in a paragraph is honest feedback worthy of being written, but telling someone that their ideas are stupid is just demeaning both writer and editor. So be an honest but not negative editor, and I'm sure you will receive the same in kind.