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Peer Review Groups

Peer Review Groups. Sammi , Emly H., Vanessa Nick, Avalon, Ashley MC, Claire C., Hyoim Janie, Andrew, Julia McKenzie, Greg, Claire S. Michael, Victoria, Savannah John, Natalie, Elizabeth Ryan, Emily R., Heather. Peer Review: Logistics. Exchange contact information

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Peer Review Groups

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  1. Peer Review Groups • Sammi, Emly H., Vanessa • Nick, Avalon, Ashley • MC, Claire C., Hyoim • Janie, Andrew, Julia • McKenzie, Greg, Claire S. • Michael, Victoria, Savannah • John, Natalie, Elizabeth • Ryan, Emily R., Heather

  2. Peer Review: Logistics • Exchange contact information • Decide if you want to exchange printed papers or electronic files • Agree upon a deadline to exchange papers (and stick to that deadline!) • Before exchanging, on the top of your paper, type/write 2-3 questions of concerns you have about your essay on which you’d especially like to get feedback • Email a copy of your paper to my Dropbox. • Type up a few paragraphs with your overall response to each paper (though also feel free to make line edits/comments). • Send your peer review notes to my Dropbox account before class on Tuesday • Come prepared on Thursday, 4/17, with your PRINTED peer review responses

  3. Peer Review/Self-Revision: Areas of Focus • Title—Does it accurately indicate your topic/act as a guide? • Introductory Paragraph(s)—Do they hook a reader? Is it clear where the paper is going? • Thesis—Is the central question(s)/claim(s) of the paper evident AND compelling? • Use of textual evidence—Does the author support their claims? • Structure—Does the order support the argument? Does it flow (i.e. allow you to get lost while reading)? • Overall quality of language—Any repeated words or ideas? Any extraneous verbiage? • Conclusion—Does the essay leave you with something to think about? • Grammar—Only comment on big issues

  4. Arriving at Your Next Draft:Three Levels of Change • Revision is deep fundamental change to the paper as a whole. • Editing is change you make at the paragraph and sentence level. • Proofreading is checking over grammar, spelling, formatting, etc.

  5. Editing Strategies • Going paragraph by paragraph, see if you can cut an extraneous word from each. • What about a clause, or even an entire sentence? (don’t be afraid to kill your darlings!) • Read your work aloud. • Listen for places your work feels awkward, stiff, or longwinded. • Record your reading; then read along as you listen. You will often add or delete words (edit) as you read.

  6. Proofreading:Most Common Errors • Misspellings • Incorrect use of punctuation • Run-on sentences • Unintended sentence fragments • Incorrectly formatted dialogue • Inconsistent use of tenses (generally switching between past and present) • Using double hyphens (--) instead of an em-dash (—)

  7. Proofreading:Punctuation • A comma (,) is a separator. • Material worthy of separation: • a transition word that creates a natural pause • a lengthy, complex sentence with multiple subjects and verbs • a list of three or more related items or phrases in a row • Oxford commas (commas before the “and” in a list” are your friend. Please use them. Example: I went to the store and bought peas, juice, and a hammer. • A hyphen (-) acts like handcuffs, binding two words together. • Example: full-time, three-year-old • Please note, compound adjectives take a hyphen: well-known author, heavy-hearted smile • A semicolon (;) is a mark of co-dependency. • used to join phrases or sentences having grammatical equivalency • emphasizes that the joined parts are related, even co-dependent, in context • A colon (:), also called “a mark of expectation,” is an arrow pointing forward. • It tells that new information, promised by the wording before it, is about to arrive • George Carlin told a lot of silly jokes: “weather forecast for tonight: dark.” • An em-dash (—)redefines what was just said. • An em-dash—made in Word by typing two hyphens, another word, and a space—is a powerful way to make an important aside, as I just did in this sentence. • It can also tack on an additional comment of consequence—a comment that redefines.

  8. MLA Formatting • Purdue OWL is your friend for all things MLA: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

  9. MLA Paper Sample:

  10. Homework • Send your essay to your peer review group by the agreed upon time (also sending a copy to my Dropbox account) • Send to Dropbox a copy of your comments and print them out to bring to class on Thursday. • Come prepared for peer review workshop on Thursday, 4/17

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