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Assignment:

1.  Overall response/suggestion
 
 
 

2.  What strikes you as the greatest strength of the essay?  Explain.
 
 
 

3.  Argument: What is the writer's argument?   Is it a compelling, worthwhile argument to make?  Why or why not?
 
 
 

4.  Thesis: Does the author clearly state his/her argument in a good thesis?  Does it need to be more specific? More clearly stated?  Give your reaction.
 
 
 
 
 

4.  Support: You must interpret your data for it to serve as effective support.  Does the author focus enough on the necessary data and the interpretation of that data as support for the argument of the paper?  What other kinds of firsthand and secondhand evidence does the author offer to support his/her argument?  Do you have any suggestions?
 
 
 
 
 

6.Organization: Does the order make sense to you?  Should/could the order change?  How and why?  Are there are places you get lost and things you wanted to know sooner than you did as you read?  
 
 
 

7. Conventions: Does the writer distract readers from the text with patterns of error in grammar and punctuation?  Are the proper conventions for citing sources followed?