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Making comments on your classmates' drafts may seem to put you in a funny
position: You're a peer, but it seems that you're being asking to behave
like an instructor. And you may not want to, understandably. But in
fact, peer response is not about responding the way a teacher would,
necessarily. Any writer will benefit from knowing what happened to you
as you read his/her piece. You do not have to be an expert reader to
give useful feedback.
Here's an example of
some questions that you could ask about many academic essays, but especially
Analytical Essay #2.
Example of student response to essay draft.
With the student response, you'll notice that they don't focus on correcting
grammar--which is probably good because you may not feel that you're an expert
in grammar. However, you do know when you're confused or when you
think something is expressed.
Example of
instructor
and peer comments on same draft. Sometimes the peer responder here
gives some advice, but many of the most useful responses are questions.
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