Peer Review Questions for Kate’s Essay

By: Charles Edwards

Unit 1 Peer Review Workshop: Content

Directions: Mark your responses directly onto the paper you are editing. Or, you can write your
answers here. If you are unsure, simply state that something seems off but you are unsure of
what.

1. Is the essay in MLA format? If not, what suggestions can you make to the author to get it
to MLA format?
Yes, the essay is in MLA format from my understanding, and only thing i would
say is the date, but you already discussed that issue with me.

2. Does the essay include a controlling idea that is not obvious to everyone? In other words,
does it reveal something not everyone would know about how and why the participants
use the genre within the given community? Where can the author develop more of an
analysis or more fully develop the ideas?
Throughout the essay, the ideas which you presented are fully developed, and
also are extremely informative.

3. Does the author use observations and the genre itself as evidence to support the claim?
Yes, in several instances the author using the genre all over of the paper to help
back up and provide evidence.

4. Does the essay maintain a cohesive focus around the controlling idea? Mark any tangents
that you find in the essay.
I believe there was only one time which it began to move a bit off topic, but it
should be vocabulary which is use is very good. on the essay

5. Is the tone and language is appropriate for your English 1301 class? If not, suggest for the
author what changes they might make.
The tone in which is used in this paper is very appropriate for the English 1301
class, it is very formal.

6. Does the conclusion answer the three questions (Did I do what I said I would do?; Why is
this important?; and What do I want my audience to do with this information?)

7. Indicate in the text where the author needs more details.

Well, I believe that the text has a sufficient amount of details.

8. Indicate in the text where the author needs more evidence.

No matter where in the text, everything had evidence to support it.

9. Indicate in the text three places where the author deserves praise for this essay.
The three are highlighted on the paper. Great thesis really liked it

10. Indicate in the text three places that the author should fix before submitting the essay.
Peer Review Questions for Kate’s Essay
By: Charles Edwards

All the errors are marked on the essay.

11. Has the author chosen one (and only one) genre to analyze? Is the genre a written genre
and not a video or an image?
For this papers instance there were 2 Facebook and videos.