Writer:______________________________

Evaluator:___________________________

Meeting Time:_______________________

Evaluator, read the entire rough draft carefully and then answer the following questions.

1. What does the writer use for description that makes the event vivid and clear in your mind?

 

 

 

 

2. What parts of the event can you still not perfectly imagine?

 

 

 

 

 

3. Does the writer give you enough information that you follow the action.

 

 

 

 

 

4. What parts can the writer exclude to make their paper flow better?

 

 

 

 

5. Does description take in all 5 senses throughout the paper? Where could there be some useful additions of imagery?

 

 

 

 

6. What is the main point, the most suspenseful section, and the end result of the event? How could the author make these more clear?

 

 

7. Does the writer use comparisons to make the event clear?

 

 

 

 

8. What similes or metaphors might they use to add to the flow and style of their paper?

 

 

 

 

 

9. Do you know how they feel about the event now?

 

 

 

 

10. What tense is the paper primarily written in?

 

 

 

11. What do they need to do to make it active and in the present so that it feels like it is happening right now? (Specific Narrative Action)

 

 

 

 

12. Do they use dialogue, dialect, and onomatopoeia to add to the narrative?

13.) Do they frame their essay to stress their main point?

Discuss your answers with the writer and decide with them how to turn this good draft into a great paper. Remember, keep your comments positive and constructive, but be honest. Let them know what worked for you and what didn’t. The key to peer editing is to mix criticism with helpful advice.