a. What is the central question the paper explores?
b. What does the introduction do to draw the audience in to their essay topic?
c. As an audience member, what do you expect to see as the essay unfolds?
d. What is the first text the paper discusses?
e. How effectively has the author summarized the text? Is the summary length appropriate for the intended audience? Why?
f. Has the author not only summarized the source but spent a significant amount of time discussing how the text helps provide an answer to the central question?
g. How does the text being discussed connect to the central question? As a reader, how easily are you able to identify the link?
h. Does the author use quotes in their first two paragraphs? If so, do they follow the four steps for effective quoting? (Introduce, Quote, Cite, and Explain). If not, where should they use quotations to help support their textual analysis?
i. What do you think the introduction and first body paragraph do best?
j. What do you think the author needs to work on here?
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