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November 12, 2005
Responding to classmates' work
As you read and respond to your classmates' drafts on December 1, 6, and 8, analyze each of the following issues, and offer advice. (For explanation of each of these, see Howard Ch. 5 (in the Blackboard Documents folder.)
- Thesis: A one- to two-sentence passage, probably placed in the introduction, that identifies not only the topic of the paper but also its main point(s).
- Development: Evidence for the thesis.
- Organization: Logical flow of the essay.
- Unity: Relation of each paragraph to the thesis.
- Cohesion: Transitions connecting each paragraph to the preceding paragraph and to the thesis.
- Introduction: Including thesis, blueprint, and invitation to the reader.
- Conclusion: Satisfying ending that does more than restate the thesis.
- Visuals: Number, quality, purpose, and placement.
- Title. Descriptive or suggestive. Can be a question but not a declarative sentence; should not restate the thesis.
Be concrete and specific in your analysis and advice. Point to specific parts of the paper that you're talking about, and provide examples of the suggestions you are making.
Write your response on a separate document. Adopt the role of reader who is writing back to the writer, not the role of teacher marking up a text. Grading criteria for this exercise are here.
Posted by senioritis at November 12, 2005 08:46 PM