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Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Revision Activity

Please copy and paste the following in a document and respond to the questions based on the assignment that you read.  Then, share the document with the owner of the paper and please share with me.

Who is the author of the paper you are reviewing?


Who are you?


How many purpose ideas do you see in the claim statement? 


What are the purpose ideas that the author establishes in the claim statement?


Would you recommend that the author look for more purposes, especially hidden or larger purposes?


Does the author of the paper use a strong purpose verb(s)?  If so, what is it?


Does the author of paper use a purpose sentence frame?


Do the two body paragraphs each have a clear topic and a clear summary sentence?


Do the quotations of evidence in the body paragraph follow the Goldilocks principle? (not too short, not too long?)


What information does the paper provide you about audience?



What adjectives does the paper use to describe the tone of the speaker?



Of the six direct quotations, how many of them present a fancy named technique, and how many are a no-name technique?  Do you feel this represents a good balance?



Which explanations need a little more work?  In other words, which are not as convincing or present logical gaps in thinking?




What are the six transitional phrases that the paper uses?



Did you notice any errors in quotation incorporation, capitalization, or punctuation?  If so, please mark them.