ENG 101

Peer Review Comparison Analysis

On the back of your essay

Write three questions for your reviewer to answer.

On your own, you should have already

conducting these proofreading steps
MLA format (heading, header)
In-text parentheticals after every
quote
works cited citations
Paragraph length
Topic and concluding sentence
alignment
At least one quote for support in
every paragraph

Introduction (opener, explanation,

thesis)
Conclusion (refers back to intros
opener, summarizes, mic drop)
Verb passivity (circle be verbs)
Prepositions
Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
Shifts (verb tenses, point of view,
direct - indirect, mood/voice

Today we are editing

Sentence Variety
Run-ons
Fragments
Capitalization

Who/Whom
Which/That

Apostrophes

Grammar Sentence Variety

Choose a paragraph
Mark a simple sentence

Mark a compound sentence

Mark a complex sentence

Mark a compound complex sentence

*if you are lacking any of these sentence types, create the
missing type
Do this with all of the essays paragraphs.

Grammar run-ons & fragments

Underline all subjects once
Underline main verbs twice

Is there a complete thought?

Make sure each sentence only has one subject and one verb.

Grammar Capitalization
Capitalize the first word of every sentence
Mark all capital letters that do not begin
sentences.
Proper nouns should be capitalized
General nouns should not be capitalized

Grammar Which/That/Who/Whom
Highlight which/that/who/whom
Which/that refer to objects
Who/whom refer to people

Check the words after who/whom. What part of

speech is that word? If it is a verb, use who. If it
is not a verb, use whom.

Grammar Which/That
Use which when the information is not needed in the
sentence (non-essential information)
The Belly Dance Blog, which is available on WordPress,
features a different dancer every Thursday.
Use that when the information is needed in the
sentence (essential information)
Elephants are animals that possess very long memories.

Grammar Apostrophes
Highlight all apostrophes
Check words ending in s. Is it owning the word after it? If so,
add an apostrophe.
Does the apostrophe own the word after it?

Does the apostrophe show that something is missing?

If the answer to either question is no, get rid of that apostrophe!

Peer Review
Exchange drafts
Read the essay

Answer the questions on the back

Sign your name
Return essay to owner

For Monday
Comparison final copy (staple together rubric, final copy,
prewrite (freewriting and discussion notes), plan (outline),
rough draft with proofreading marks and peer review

Narrative mulligans due (revision placed on top of original

submission [rubric, final copy, etc.])
Read chapter 14 about Cause and Effect Techniques