Peer Editing of a Short Story

Name of Author_______________________________
Name of Reviewer _____________________________

Basic Information: Does the story have

Beginning ______

Middle ________

End _______ # of pages ______

# of paragraphs _______

How many characters does the story have? ___ What are their names? ______________________________
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How many settings does the story have? ____ What are the different settings? ________________________
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What is the story about? (Summarize the plot in 3 - 5 sentences) ___________________________________
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Literary Elements
Does the story have conflict? _________ Explain the conflict or conflicts in the story: __________________
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Describe the mood you felt while reading the story ______________________________________________
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How often does the author use imagery? What images did the author describe? ________________________
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Description
What was easy to understand about the story? __________________________________________________
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What was hard to understand about the story? __________________________________________________
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Comments for the author

Write three questions you have for the author about the story:
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What parts, characters did you want to know more about?
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What details do you think were necessary to the piece?
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What details did you think was unnecessary to the story?
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Grammar/Spelling/Syntax Mistakes: Circle the mistakes you saw in the story:
Commas

Periods

Capital Letters

Spelling

Repeating words

Question Marks

Leaving out words

Wrong word Mistake: There/There/Theyre

Its/Its

Exclamation Points

Quotation Marks

Using the words: thing / like / stuff

Affect/effect

Your/Youre

Final Thoughts: _________________________________________________________________________

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