PEER REVIEW FOR ESSAY: “Profile Writing”
Name of Reviewer:_______________________________________________
Title of essay being reviewed: ______________________________________
Writer of essay being reviewed: _____________________________________
A. After a quick read, jot down your initial impression of the essay:
1. What do you consider most interesting?
2. What is the dominant impression you get of the subject?
B. Write out the essay’s thesis/main point.
C. Does the writer include a planning sentence?
If so, does each of the topic
sentences of paragraphs following the intro “match” with the plan?
Note any that doesn’t match and/or any that needs clearer wording.
D. If no planning sentence is included, does each of the topic sentences of paragraphs
following the intro clearly reflect on/support the thesis?
Note any that doesn’t reflect on/support and/or any that needs clearer wording.
E. Comment on the effectiveness of descriptive details, indicating your favorites.
F. A profile essay must present an interpretation of its subject, either explicitly (stated)
or implicitly (by suggestion). Please note the interpretation that you take away from
the essay.
G. Point out places where you felt bogged down by too much information or where
information is unclear and/or inadequate.
H. What type of organization is used, chronological, topical, emphatic, or other?
I. What, in your opinion, is the strongest part of this draft? The most memorable part?
J. What, in your opinion, is the weakest part of this draft, that in need of more work?