Student Biography Questions

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Answer the following questions in complete sentences using the student

biography example that you revised.

1. What was the main point, or event, in this example?

2. Was the example easy to understand? Or, did you have to do some re-

reading to make better sense of the story?

3. Were there some, or a lot of, grammatical and spelling errors in the example?

4. Did the grammatical/spelling errors interrupt the flow of the story?

5. Do you think that the author did a good job of transitioning through

paragraphs? (In other words, were paragraphs separated by their main

points?)

6. As you read the example, did you think that you got to know the subject, Rick

Monteith, a little? What did the author do to help you get to know the subject

better?

7. Do you think that the author was effective in closing with his summary?

8. What is the most important suggestion you would make to the author to

make this a better essay?