SELF-REVIEW

SELF-REVIEW

(PPT: ”The Essay”) (25 pt quiz grade)

Please answer the following questions about your first draft of the essay, and
hand it in with your final draft of the paper. All questions must be answered to
receive full credit.

THE BEGINNING:

1. Does the essay’s beginning establish the purpose of the essay, the problem
to be explored, in a clearly articulated thesis question? Write the thesis
question below and briefly describe the purpose of the essay. (3 pts)

2. Describe how your thesis question reflects your desire to figure something
out about the novel. (3 pts)

THE MIDDLE:

3. Does the middle of the essay complicate the thesis question, exploring its

complexities? How so? (3 pts)
Identify the strongest body paragraph in your essay and answer the following
questions about it.

4. Does the paragraph contain a clear, well-defined claim that is thesis
related? Write the paragraph’s claim below. (2 pts)
Self review No Country for Old Men

5. Does the paragraph contain the careful analysis of evidence from either
the text, or from a secondary source? Please describe. (3 pts)

6. Is the paragraph’s claim based on correctly (convincingly) interpreted
evidence? Have you tested the strength of your interpretation through
discussion with your peer reviewers? Please describe. (3 pts)

7. Identify an area of the paper that needs development and briefly describe
how you plan to revise it. (3 pts)

THE END:

8. Does the conclusion reflect an answer to the thesis question raised in the
introduction? Is the essay adequately developed so the reader
understands how you came to the conclusion you arrived at? Please
describe below. (5 pts).
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