PEER EDITING FORM

DEFINITION ESSAY

Name of Peer Editor

Name of Writer of Essay

1. Has the writer of the paper chosen a single term or concept to define?

2. Is the concept or term complex enough to be defined in three or four pages?

3. Has the term defined in more than one way?

4. What strategies has the writer used to define the term? Did you find them effective? Why/why not?

5. When you had finished reading the essay, did you find that you understood the concept or term, especially in the context in which the writer placed it, better?

6. Is the paper structured in a logical fashion? Are the paragraphs fully developed? Sensibly ordered? Are transitions used to move from point to point? Are they successful?

7. Are there major errors of grammar, vocabulary or syntax in the paper?

8. What is the greatest strength of the paper? What is its major weakness?