Cuyamaca Analyzing the Effectiveness of Rhetorical Strategies in Texts Questions

Directions:

Ready to revise???. . .

Hello Students,

For this assignment, you will complete a self review of Essay 2. Please complete the following review of your own rough draft of Essay 2.

Instructions

Step 1 View the following Video

Step 2 Read the following textbook lectures carefully (I expect you meet all the criteria listed in these lectures).

1. Revising and Editing (Links to an external site.)
2. General Revision Points to Consider (Links to an external site.)
3. Specific Revision Points to Consider (Links to an external site.)

Step 3 Complete the following activity for your OWN Essay 2 draft.

Title of essay: ____________________________________________

Date: ____________________________________________

1. This essay is about____________________________________________.
2. Your main points in this essay are____________________________________________.
3. What I most liked about this essay is____________________________________________.
4. These three points struck me as your strongest:
   1. Point: ____________________________________________Why: ____________________________________________
   2. Point: ____________________________________________Why: ____________________________________________
   3. Point: ____________________________________________Why: ____________________________________________
5. These places in your essay are not clear to me:
   • Where: ____________________________________________Needs improvement because__________________________________________
   • Where: ____________________________________________Needs improvement because ____________________________________________
   • Where: ____________________________________________Needs improvement because ____________________________________________
6. The one additional change you could make that would improve this essay significantly is ____________________________________________.
7. Do you have a clearly stated thesis?
8. Are your topic sentences clear and concise?
9. Do you provide all necessary background and definitions?
10. Do you refute opposing arguments effectively?
11. Do you include enough transitional statements words and phrases to guide readers smoothly through your discussion?
12. How you avoided vague language and wordy phrasing?
13. Do you have a strong conclusion statement?
14. Do you support your opinions with evidence–facts, observations, examples, statistics, expert opinion, and so on?
15. Do you have enough evidence to support your thesis?
16. Do the sources you rely on present information accurately and without bias?
17. Are your sources’ discussions directly relevant to your topic?
18. How you consulted sources that represent a wide range of viewpoints, including sources that challenge your position?