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Dr. Archibald’s ENGL 110

Peer Editing Process: The 3Research Project

Reviewers name: Darren Kushto

Paper author’s name: Paige Nauman



Has the writer written a research paper . . .

[medium]
__that
joins a conversation (where there is a controversy), that listens to
others who have been talking about the topic (old and new docs &
sources), and then posits a unique idea(s) in an effort to extend the
discussion?

__Or, is the paper substantially a report (a "data-dump") of what others have said?
__Or, is it an extended opinion piece that gives no support for the writer's ideas?
__Or, is it merely plagiarized? (this item trumps everything else and results in an "F" in the course.
Comment: Paige did really well to join a controversial topics and listened to both sides of the argument. She took information from many sources and gave a detailed description on his opinion on the argument.

[opening & introduction]
__that
contains an opening to the paper that hooks the reader and introduces
the writer and his/her purpose for writing the essay? Is there a
forecast of what the paper will contain?

Comment: After reading her introduction I had a complete understanding of what her paper was going to be on.

[use of research question & thesis]
__where they employ their research question that then is answered in a thesis and set forward in the paper?
Comment:  It was unclear what her research question and thesis were. But towards the end you could understand what her argument was.

[use of sources]
__where
Comment: Paige had good in-text citations where she had specific facts from her sources.

__that contains an argument that flows--claim, support, result?
Comment: Her argument was consistent throughout the paper. Supported all her facts with citations and her opinion.

[conclusion]
__that contains a conclusion that works to sum up or extend the ideas of the paper?
Comment:  Paper summed up the paper that gave the reader a complete understanding of the topic and argument.

[works cited and in-text citations]
__that contains well integrated sources, a Works Cited page, and In-text citations conform to the MLA format?


[sentence-level rhetoric]
__where the writer has edited the paper carefully for grammatical and punctuation errors?
Comment: The writer had little to no grammatical and punctuation errors.




Dr. Archibald’s ENGL 110

Peer Editing Process: The 3Research Project

Reviewers name: Darren Kushto

Paper author’s name: Jenna Fague



Has the writer written a research paper . . .

[medium]
__that
joins a conversation (where there is a controversy), that listens to
others who have been talking about the topic (old and new docs &
sources), and then posits a unique idea(s) in an effort to extend the
discussion?

__Or, is the paper substantially a report (a "data-dump") of what others have said?
__Or, is it an extended opinion piece that gives no support for the writer's ideas?
__Or, is it merely plagiarized? (this item trumps everything else and results in an "F" in the course.
Comment: Jenna had a very clear argument that I picked up after the first paragraph. But it seemed to be a "data dump" just spitting out information throughout her paper.
[opening & introduction]
__that
contains an opening to the paper that hooks the reader and introduces
the writer and his/her purpose for writing the essay? Is there a
forecast of what the paper will contain?

Comment: After the first paragraph I knew her argument.

[use of research question & thesis]
__where they employ their research question that then is answered in a thesis and set forward in the paper?
Comment:  Her research question was vague throughout her paper. I couldn't tell what her research question was. 

[use of sources]
__where
the writer introduce his/her sources, summarize, paraphrase, and/or
quote them, and then provide a comment for each one that advances their
thesis?

Comment:  Jenna did a good job with in-text citations. She didn't claim any information as her own.
[paragraph construction]
__that contains an argument that flows--claim, support, result?
Comment: I felt her paragraphs were out of order. It seemed she kept going back and forth.

[conclusion]
__that contains a conclusion that works to sum up or extend the ideas of the paper?
Comment:  Conclusion wraps up the paper but I was still unsure what the research question was.

[works cited and in-text citations]
__that contains well integrated sources, a Works Cited page, and In-text citations conform to the MLA format?
Comment: MLA format was perfect of works cited page.

[sentence-level rhetoric]
__where the writer has edited the paper carefully for grammatical and punctuation errors?
Comment:
Jenna had some of the most detailed sentences out of all the papers I read. But had an average amount of grammatical errors.