Freshmen Peer Editing

PEER EDITOR NAME:

AUTHOR NAME:

TITLE of PAPER:

DATE:

What object is the author describing?

Write down words the author uses to describe using each of the five senses.

1.)    Taste

2.)    Sight

3.)    Smell

4.)    Touch

5.)    Sound

Did the author communicate something sensory that is challenging to describe (take on a difficult sound, taste, sensation)?  Did they do a good job (did you know what they meant)?

Did the author use vivid verbs, adjectives, and adverbs?  Go through the paper and note some boring ones (is, has goes) and suggest different ones.

Did the author clearly communicate why the object is important to them when it might not seem important to other people?

T/F The writer followed the organizational structure provided to them.

·         If you said false, what kind of structure did they use?  What does each paragraph focus on (each should have a definite topic)?

·         Is this structure effective (makes logical sense)?

T/F After reading the paper, I think I would recognize the object if I saw it with a bunch of similar objects.

·         If you said true, how would you know?

·         If you said false, what could the writer do to change this?

T/F The author used vivid sensory language to describe the object (NOT the a SETTING or SITUATION)

·         If you said true, what is your favorite descriptive passage and why?

·         If you said false, what sense do they need to include?

Are you left with any lingering questions?  Are you missing key information?  Write three things you would like to know about their topic that were not included.

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