Introduction

• What attention getter is used? How is it effective?
• Which sentence is the thesis? If you can't find it, let your cp know.
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• Is the essay easy to read?
• Can you follow one idea easily to the next?
• Does the organization of ideas seem logical?

• Is the  thesis fully developed and supported (or does the writer abandon the idea and wander without direction)?
• Do the supporting ideas create a full understanding of the topic?
• Do the supporting ideas all belong to this essay (unity)?
• Does the writer make any fact errors (get something wrong about the novel)?

• Where do transitions exist and how are they effective in linking ideas and moving the reader to the next idea?

• spelling
• sentence faults (run ons, comma splices, fragments)
• agreement errors
• capitalization
• usage
• others

• Does the writer use third person throughout? Check for instances of "I" or "you."

• Listen to the sound of the essay. Are there places that are confusing or awkward to "say?"
• Are there missing ideas?
• Add anything else that you think will help your cyberpartner improve his/her writing.
• Tell the writer which sentences are effective and why.
• Point out great word choices and explain why they are effective.
• Comment on the overall ideas in the paragraph.