Chapter 8. Exercise C3-1

8.1

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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.
Exercise C3-1
Conducting a peer review
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In each pair, click on the response from a peer reviewer that is more likely to help the writer revise his or her draft.

Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.)

Example

Question 8.1

Correct. This reviewer responds as a reader (I didn’t understand) and provides a practical suggestion.
Sorry. Adding a transition will not solve the draft’s real problems: a thesis that appears too late and information that is unnecessary or even off the point. Also, comments on spelling aren’t helpful early in the writing process.
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Question 8.2

Correct. This reviewer explains why the new examples were a good idea and points out a possible problem with one of them.
Sorry. Though a reviewer should praise elements of the essay that work, these reviewer comments are too general to be helpful.
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Question 8.3

Correct. This reviewer offers the writer a constructive idea for strengthening her argument.
Sorry. This reviewer is making an opinionated statement (based on little evidence) instead of helping the writer clarify her own ideas.
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Question 8.4

Correct. This reviewer gives advice in the context of the writer’s purpose, and the sentence beginning I want to hear more about helps the writer see what new details are needed.
Sorry. Although it is acceptable for a reviewer to express interest in a paper, in this case the information the reviewer found interesting is off the point. And the reviewer offers no suggestions for improving the draft.
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Question 8.5

Correct. This reviewer has identified real problems and made sensible suggestions.
Sorry. There are few writing “tricks” that work in all contexts. For an interview paper, it almost certainly would change the tone of the paper to begin every paragraph with a formal-sounding transition word or phrase.
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