ShortStoryPeerReviewEnglish12

Fall2014Ms.Druen

1) Readtheshortstorythroughcompletelyonetimewithoutmakinganycommentsoredits.

Followeachstepspecifically:
2) Doestheshortstoryhaveaspecificbeginning,middle,andend?Ifnot,atthebottomofthe
story,writeanotetotheauthortellingtheauthorwhatsmissing.Ifitdoes,telltheauthorwhat
youthinktheauthordidwellwiththeorganization.
3) Highlightandlabel(withacomment)thesettingandanydescriptionofthesetting.
4) Highlightandcommentonthemostinterestingpart(s)ofthestory.Inthecomments,tellthe
authorspecificallywhatyoulikeabouttheseparts.
5) Highlightandcommentonanythingthatdoesntmakesense.Besuretoaskquestionsinthe
commentsormakecommentsaboutwhyyouhavehighlightedthissection.
6) Atthebottom,identifytheconflict.Alsowritewhetherornotyouthinktheconflictisinteresting,
worksforthestory,andisresolvedsatisfactorily.
7) Highlightandidentifythesnapshot.Givetheauthorfeedbackonhowwellyoucan
see/hear/smell/taste/feelthedescription.
8) Makeanygrammaticalorpunctuationcorrections.
9) Highlightandlabel2indirectpersonalitycharacterizationsand3directphysical
characterizations.