Hanrahan
ENGL 102
Brief Critical Review: Workshop Sheet
Return all workshop sheets to the writers at the end of class. Writers will turn in workshop sheets with their papers. Reviewers
will be evaluated based on their responses.
Part A: To be filled out by writer before class
Writer’s Name:
Two questions/concerns you want your reader to address:
1)
2)
Part B: To be filled out by reviewer
Reviewer’s Name:
1) Use the back of the sheet to provide detailed answers to the writer’s questions and the questions below.
2) Thesis Statement: Mark/circle the thesis statement.
Is it an evaluation of the source and its argument? (In other words, does it say what the writer thinks of the critic’s
argument and why?)
If you answered “no,” give the writer advice for fixing the thesis.
3) Summary Section: Mark where the summary section begins and ends.
Is it the right length (between 1 and 1.5 pages)?
Mark each topic sentence in this section. Is each topic sentence about summarizing the critic’s argument?
Do the sentences in each paragraph connect to the ideas in the topic sentence?
If you answered “no” for any of these questions, give the writer advice for fixing the summary section.
4) Analysis section: Mark where the analysis section begins and ends.
Is there a clear transition for the reader between the summary and analysis sections?
Is this section the right length (at least 1.5 pages)?
Mark each topic sentence in this section. Is each topic sentence an argument about a specific aspect of the source’s
effectiveness?
Do the sentences in each paragraph connect to the ideas in the topic sentence?
If you answered “no” for any of these questions, give the writer advice for fixing the analysis section.
5) Textual Evidence: Does the writer use textual evidence to prove his or her points in both sections of the paper?
(Either direct quotations or paraphrases?)
If not, where could he or she use more?
Is the evidence smoothly incorporated into the argument (and not just dropped in)?
If you answered “no” for any of these questions, give the writer advice for more successfully using evidence.
6) Conclusion: Does the paper have a clear conclusion?
Does the conclusion restate the thesis?
Does the conclusion end in the paper in a memorable way?
If you answered “no” for any of these questions, give the writer advice for a more successful conclusion.
7) MLA Format: Does the paper properly cite all quotations and paraphrases in the text?
Does the paper have a properly formatted work cited page that includes both the critical article and the primary
text?
