Today in class I imagine that each of you has a draft of an essay that is in different stages of the process. If you feel that your essay still needs feedback in relation to organization and ideas (global issues) please ask your partner to give feedback using the Mid-Process Peer Response Guidelines. (It is okay to do this; you will still get full credit for this peer response session.)

If you feel that your essay is ready for more localized responding/editing, then please ask your partner to consider these concluding revision peer response criteria as they read and write responses on your essay and as you discuss the comments with each other.

• Address whatever issues the writer asks you to focus on most specifically.
• Do you think the writer's introduction and title will capture the attention of the audience for whom s/he is writing? Offer suggestions for improvement.
• Is it clear what the writer is discussing? Mark any places that confuse you or that seem off-topic.
• Mark passages that you especially like/find effective and explain why.
• Is the writer's language, tone, and style appropriate for the audience and purpose? Offer suggestions for ways that sentences could be reworded/rephrased for a sharper presentation. (Think about synonyms and about the emotional impact of various words.)
• Highlight any direct quotations the writer uses. Are these quotes either from authorities or in such striking language that the writer could not say it better him/herself? Are the quotations integrated into the text smoothly? Offer suggestions/comments.
• Mark any spelling/punctuation/grammer errors that you notice.
• Check that citations are in the proper form. Star any sentence that you think needs a citation but that doesn't have one.
• Check the format for the Works Cited or References page. (Use the Everyday Writer to guide you.)