Writer’s Name: ________________________ Reviewer’s Name: ___________________________

Peer Review
Project 2: Cultural Object Analysis

Addressing Project 2’s Criteria

Analysis: Content Y N S
Introduction is interesting and clearly introduces the chosen cultural object
Project contains an image of the selected object
Writer describes the object in detail
Project discusses the object’s functional purpose (in its culture/comm and in other cultures)
Project supports and develops a thorough analysis of the object’s rhetoric and its rhetorical impact
Writer introduces the culture/comm to which the object belongs and situates the object within
that culture/comm
Writer explains their connection with the object and this culture/comm
The project is argumentative in nature, rather than informative
Conclusion moves the reader’s thinking forward about the object and its culture/comm, rather
than merely restating the essay’s points

Context and Background Y N S

Project provides brief, yet effective history and context for the chosen cultural object
Project provides brief, yet effective history and context for the comm/culture in which the object is
embedded
Project uses source material and research to support and develop the context and
background
Writer does an effective job of situating and representing both the object and its comm/culture

Thesis/Controlling Idea
A clear thesis statement can be easily located within the first two pages of the analysis Y N
(Underline the writer’s thesis statement/controlling idea.)
What is the writer trying to argue in this essay? In a few sentences, summarize the thesis (paragraph) below:

Remember, a good thesis focuses on how an object, within a particular culture/comm, accomplishes a social
action or compels its audience to think or act in a certain way. What can we learn from the culture/comm
through the object?
 Writer’s Name: ________________________ Reviewer’s Name: ___________________________

Significance of Object in its Culture/Community Y N S

Writer discusses how culture/comm have shaped the object
Writer discusses how the object has shaped its culture/comm
Project uses source material and research to support and develop the meaning of this
object and its importance in a culture/comm
Writer explores who the object and its culture/comm include and exclude

Multimodal Considerations (skip, if the project is an essay) Y N S

The multimodal genre and form are appropriate to the object and its culture/comm
The multimodal component is argumentative, rather than informative (merely presenting info)
What do you think of the multimodal aspect of the project? What is it doing well and what needs more work and/or
development? What suggestions can you make for the creator?

Conventions & Style Y N S

Structure is organized and logical, with each paragraph transitioning into the next
Writing is direct and concise (sentences are not long winded or confusing)
Tone and language are appropriate for an academic audience
Project has been text-edited and proofread with few to no mistakes or errors

Additional comments or suggestions for the writer: