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Some Questions for Peer Review

Is the image in the essay and properly cited both in the works cited page and in the essay?
Is the image described in detail in the introduction?
Write the thesis in your own words:

BP 1: What does the topic sentence say this paragraph will be about? Is this what the paragraph is about? Are
there specific examples to support the authors ideas?

BP 2: What does the topic sentence say this paragraph will be about? Is this what the paragraph is about? Are
there specific examples to support the authors ideas?

BP 3: What does the topic sentence say this paragraph will be about? Is this what the paragraph is about? Are
there specific examples to support the authors ideas?

CA: What is the counterargument? Is it well developed (more than three or four sentences)? Is there a
refutation? If so, does it directly address the counterargument? Does it do more than just repeat previous ideas
in the paper (it should)?

Is there a conclusion? Summarize it in your own words.

Please respond to the following questions:

- Is the image ever explained as a whole, to give the reader a general sense of it? Is this explanation in enough
detail to give you the idea without looking at the image?

- Is the thesis in the introduction (one of the last sentences and underlined)? Is it giving you an idea of the
specific ideas the reader will present?

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- Does the thesis give the two rhetorical strategies, the criteria for them, and the interpretation or meaning of the
image? (3 separate items) If any are missing, can you offer ideas for what could be added?

- Does the author describe in detail how each particular criteria reinforces the strategies they've chosen (ethos,
logos, pathos)? Are these making sense?

- Does each paragraph bring it back to the author's interpretation of the image? If not, where should they do so?

-What does the writer state as the reasons behind why viewers would continue to watch the show based on the
workings of the image?

- Are there counterarguments? Do they give alternate rhetorical strategies, alternate readings, or alternate
criteria for viewing the image?

- Does the conclusion reinforce the author's "reading" of the image? In other words, do they bring the argument
back to why the strategies and visual elements are used?

- As always, circle/highlight any lower level concerns you may find within their paper things such as: comma
splices, subject verb agreement issues, formatting issues etc.