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Peer’s Name:
Date:
Explication Essay Peer Review
I. Read and annotate your peer editor’s draft.
a. Copy the thesis below. Is it clearly identifiable? (Yes or No) Is it arguable? (Yes or No) Does the thesis statement offer new insight about the poem? (1-2 sentences)
b. Does the thesis provide an interesting, critical engagement with the poem? (Yes or No) How? (1-2 sentences)
c. How could the thesis be made more interesting or complex? Does the writer try to evaluate more then two closely related literary tropes? Could it be narrowed and more focused? Could it be broader and more thoughtful? (2-3 sentences)
d. Restate or summarize the writer’s thesis in your own words: (1-2 sentences)
a. Has a summary of the dramatic situation been presented? (Yes or No) Has the summary been written concisely (Yes or No) and objectively (Yes or No) in 2-3 sentences (Yes or No)?
b. How successfully does the writer stay with that thesis throughout the paper? (2-3 sentences)
c. Does the author create an engaging introduction? Does the author introduce the thematic choices they will analyze in a specific manner in the first two paragraphs? (2-3 sentences)
d. What
3. a. Does the writer use direct quotations from the primary text? (Yes or No)
Do you understand the writer’s interpretations of each quotation? (Yes or No)
Are you convinced by each interpretation? (Yes or No) If no, explain what is issues you noticed. (2-3 sentences)
What kind of contextual information does the writer provide for their explication? (2-3 sentences)
How could the connections between each example and the thesis be made clearer? (2-3 sentences)
f. Does each paragraph have a central idea? (List each paragraph’s topic sentence. Identify any paragraphs that lack a central idea, which includes paragraphs with multiple ideas or unclear ideas.)
g. Does each paragraph beginning sentence that makes a transition from the last one? (Yes or No)
h. Does the writer explain how he or she is using any abstract terms? (E.g., what does the writer mean by “society” or “culture”? Explain in your own words so that the writer can see your experience as a reader.) (2-3 sentences)
4. a. What does this essay offer in terms of originality and thoughtfulness? Explain what you found to be the strongest aspects of the essay. (2-3 sentences)
b. Does the analysis rely on interpretations from outside sources? (Yes or No)
c. Does the analysis rely on the author’s biography? (Yes or No)
d. Does the writer make distinctions between the poet and the speaker? (Yes or No)
e. If available, does the conclusion remind you, as the reader, what the essay’s main analysis is? Write N/A if there is no conclusion. (2-3 sentences)
f. Does the writer explain how the literary devices are being used instead of just providing definitions? (Yes or No)
g. Does the offer explain what is significant or purposeful about the choices identified in the paper? Explain how the paper analyzes literary and rhetorical choices. (2-3 sentences)