Peer Review an Essay with the specific requirements

Peer Review this essay posted below in a different color

• Comment on at least ONE STRENGTH, using specific detail.
• Choose to comment on at least FOUR of the five key topic areas.
  • For EACH of the four key topic areas you’ve selected, provide at least ONE significant and detailed suggestion for improvement OR significant and detailed alternative suggestion (another way they mightapproach a particular area).
  • Five Key Topic AreasMain Claim:
    • Is the main claim arguable? (Would some disagree with it? Is it sufficiently clear and focused?)

    Subclaims

    • Do the subclaims fully support the main claim? Are all key aspects of the main claim addressed by the subclaims?
    • Are each of the subclaims, clear and complete statements?
    • Are each of the subclaims arguable, meaning they require evidence and reasoning to defend them?
    • Do the subclaims logically support the main claim? (A test: Read only the main claim and subclaims and see if a complete and logical argument is represented.)

    Introduction

    • Does the introduction begin with an engaging opener?
    • Does the introduction provide necessary context?
    • Does the introduction logically lead to the main claim, providing necessary information so the reader can understand the main claim and why it’s important?

    Essential Skills for Academic Essays: Embedding Quotations, Paraphrases, and Summaries

    • Are the ideas of the sources portrayed accurately?
    • Are accurate in-text citations used?
    • Are signal phrases used for all quotations?
    • Are all quotations explained?
    • Do signal phrases flow grammatically with the rest of the sentence?
    • Is unnecessary information left in quotations that should be edited out?
    • Are quotations unnecessarily long?

    Essential Skills for Academic Essays: Other Elements

    • Are key authors introduced with appropriate and necessary information (without being too lengthy)?
    • Are the first and last names of authors used the first time they are referenced in the essay and only their last names thereafter?
    • Does the counterargument address a concern a reader is likely to have?
    • Does the rebuttal respond logically and convincingly to this counterargument?
    • Do you spot any logical fallacies that the author doesn’t address?
    • Have all instances of “you” been eliminated from the essay?
    • Are there areas where the meaning is unclear due to grammatical or mechanical errors?
    • Are commas and periods placed inside of quotation marks when they are next to each other?