peer editing

Peer Editing • Exchange whatever papers you have with someone else. • No exceptions! You are not allowed to keep your own paper. • Make sure you have something besides pencil/black pencil/black pen to write in.

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Introduction • Is the first sentence a hook? hook? Is it a good hook? – If it’s a quote, does does it credit the person who who said it? Is the quote related to the content of the essay? Does the author of the essay include more than just the quote and the author of the quote?









Introduction • Does the essay have a plan of attack, attack, using the word mood and including at least two main points? (POV, setting, diction) [words like irony, foreshadowing, etc., are not part of this essay] • Does the thesis make a claim about the topic? Does it also include the main









First body paragraph • Does the topic sentence include sentence include the word mood and at least two main points? Do those main points match the main points in the plan of attack and attack and thesis? thesis? • Does the second sentence start with a transition? Is the transition appropriate?









First body paragraph • Does the transition lead into the context of the first piece of evidence? Does the context answer questions like “what is happening in the story before this quote?” and “where are the characters?”, etc.? • The context is only supposed to be one









First body paragraph • Is the evidence introduced with the source and a verb? verb? Is that source either the narrator or a character? The source is NOT the author’s name.

• Does the source + verb lead into a quotation?











First body paragraph • Make Make sur sure e ther there’ e’s s not not a per perio iod d befo before re the the end end quotation marks. Does the quote have a parenthetical citation? citation?









First body paragraph • Some of you guys added a sentence to transition from your first main point to your second main point. If your peer’s paper









First body paragraph • Minimum sentences: 7; maximum: 8-9.









Second body paragraph • Does the second body paragraph address the second story?









Second body paragraph • Does the topic sentence include sentence include the word mood and at least two main points? Do











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