Raisin of the Sun Analysis
Discussion Post Focusing on Prompts 1 and 3
Peer Review: Literary Analysis 1
Instructions: Reviewers, when parts I and II are completed, copy and paste the peer review into the week 3 peer-review DF as a reply to the peer you reviewed. Do not attach a document; rather, please copy and paste into the DF. Writers, use the feedback on your peer reviews to help revise your essays for your final draft submission due in week 4.
Part I: To assess the paper’s completion of assignment basics, fill in the following check-off guide. Any “nos” equal areas the writer should attend to before submitting his or her final draft.
Assignment Basics:
Criteria | Yes-- Comments? (What is working well? Why? How does the paper fulfill the criteria?)
| No-- Comments? (Specific suggestions for how to improve or where to look for help.) |
Paper is 3-4 pages in length? |
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Paper is formatted according to APA or Turabian standards? Check quotations and margins. If the reviewer is not sure, he or she should see the Libguides on the library website. |
| Not in the correct format. Headings and margins are not correct. For either format required you should be able to find a template on the library.seu website. It is very helpful |
Paper is headed according to APA or Turabian standards.
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| No. See Above. |
Paper includes a Reference page in addition to the 3-4 pages of composition? | Reference was provided. Not on it’s own page. | Be sure to list your reference on a separate page and put a title on it. |
Introduction includes the text/s and author/s under discussion in the introduction? | The introduction is well written aside from spelling and grammar errors. |
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Introduction includes a thesis that makes an assertion about a clear topic? | While you do state a thesis at the end of your introduction. I would consider making your thesis more detail or changing some of your main points. |
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Conclusion leaves the reader thinking about the importance of the essay’s main idea and how they lead to a fuller or more nuanced understanding the drama? |
| While the conclusion was good, it sounded as if your thesis changed. |
Quotations in the paper are incorporated into the author’s sentences as directed in the How to Write about Literature guide? (See how to avoid dropped quotations if you need a refresher on this skill.) | Yes |
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