Peer review is an important part of the writing process because it gives us an opportunity to gain insights and feedback from outside readers.

Rhetorical Analysis Peer Review

Peer review is an important part of the writing process because it gives us an opportunity to gain insights and feedback from outside readers. Essentially, peer review offers us a chance to test out our writing on an audience in a very low-stress way. As a peer reviewer, remember you do not have to be an expert writer to offer feedback to someone.

Offer Your Initial Thoughts

In your initial post, share the rough draft of your rhetorical analysis essay.  This essay is described in M2A1: Rhetorical Analysis and will be turned in on Sunday.

Your initial post is due by Tuesday at 11:59 PM EST.  You will not be able to see posts written by your classmates until you create your initial post.

Connect With Classmates

Please read the Sample Rhetorical Analysis (Links to an external site.) from St. Louis Community College; this will help you target your feedback to your peers.

Select one of the posts which have not yet received peer feedback. After carefully reading the essay, please address the following questions in your response:

How does the author present the purpose of the essay? Is it effective? What advice do you have for making sure the purpose of the essay is clear?

How does the author clearly address the following rhetorical principles (in both discussion and example)?

Purpose

Audience

Ethos

Pathos

Logos

Is the essay well organized for you as a reader? Explain your response.

Did you notice any issues of clarity or any errors that impacted your understanding of the essay? If so, be sure to point out a specific example(s).

What do you see as the strengths of your classmates’ rhetorical analysis essay? Be specific.

Remember, you do not have to be an expert writer to provide quality peer review feedback. You will be sharing your thoughts as an informed reader, and your classmate will then be able to consider this feedback during the revision process.