IN CLASS PEER REVIEW ESSAY 2

Once again, to get full credit for attendance, you must have an essay since we will be doing this assignment with people who were prepared for class.

Checklist for Essay 2
What do you know?
What do you do want to know?
MANY pages of notes or note cards
TYPED rough draft
Outline
Printed out websites
ALSO if you turned in any rough drafts to be corrected, turn those in as well
IS THIS PAPER AN MLA RESEARCH PAPER ON A PRE-APPROVED TOPIC OF YOUR CHOICE (NOT A REPORT OR PERSUASIVE ESSAY)?
Next
Underline your thesis
Label each paragraph as to what its main point is
Then look for the following errors:
Is your paper 12 point type
Is it written in Times New Roman
Is the whole paper double spaced
Did you make sure that there are no gullies
Is the paper 3.5+ pages long
Did you make sure that you didn’t change the margins
Is there any bold type
Is there any italic type
Is there use of the words I, YOU, WE, OUR, US, and anything else that implies you are talking conversationally to the reader
Is there any profanity, slang, or abbreviations that aren’t defined?
Mark each citation on the works cited page against what page of the essay that it is on.
List (for -5) each citation that isn’t on the works cited page and each works cited entry that isn’t in the paper.
Compare your works cited page to the one in the book (418-419). Do they look the same?
Compare your citations to the ones in the book (412-417). Do they look the same?
Read out loud for clarity!
Look for obvious grammar errors!
Does your paper prove its point?
Is there organization?
Is there flow?
Do you answer the question on a “college level?”

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