Peer Review Guidelines for Synthesis
1. Does the introduction give you enough background to understand the topic and the controversy?Does it provide some hints about how the sources are organized? Offer your suggestions for improving the introduction?
good, clear up a few sentences
2. How many sources are used? Does the writer provide succinct and clear summary of the sources and connect the summary to the problem?
5
3. Do you see a logical transition from one source to the other? How many sources are used in each paragraph?
yes
4. Does the writer incorporate the quotes with her/his own writing in an effective manner and cite the sources correctly? Are there places where the sources seem to take the writer off-track?
yes
5. Does the writer make succinct and precise conclusion based on the review? Does the conclusion have a clear hypothesis or research question(s)? Is the hypothesis/research question based on the review?
make sure to capitialize sources
6. Does each paragraph adhere to a single main idea? Note any paragraphs that seem to have multiple topics competing for attention.
yes, great conclusion
7. Are paragraphs connected with transitions? Identify any places where transitions between paragraphs can be improved.
third paragraph: maybe change topic sentence
fifth paragraph: explain quote and write more about topic
8. Do paragraphs make good use of repetition of key ideas? Note any places where the writer might improve coherence by repeating a key term or synonym.
make sure all topic sentences are transitions
9. Is the overall order of paragraphs in the paper logical?
yes
10. Does the writer include a correctly documented works cited page?
yes
11. What are the four most significant changes the writer could make to improve this paper?
make sure you have correct transition sentences
make the controversy more clearcite sources correctly
fix long quote in the 5th paragraph (p.434 in book)
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