Before you exchange drafts, at the bottom of your document write a quick summary of the revisions to your draft since Tuesday. Explain, in a few sentences, the goals of your revisions and whether you think you achieved them. Then exchange papers and answer the following questions about your partner's draft:
1. We just finished talking about several different types of effective and ineffective introductions. What type of introduction does the current draft have? Is it one of the effective or ineffective introductions? Explain how you determined which category the introduction fits into.
2. How does the author answer the "so what?" question? In other words, why does the author's argument matter to his or her readers? At what point in the draft does the author establish this answer to the "so what?" question? Could it come earlier? Explain your answer.
3. Examine the summary of the author's revisions posted at the bottom of the draft. Do you think the author was successful in achieving his or her goals with these revisions? Do you think s/he could go further? Explain your answer with as much detail as possible.
4. We've noted several times that the thesis statement should serve as a roadmap for the rest of the essay. Does the current thesis statement provide a vivid roadmap? Does the body of the essay follow this roadmap closely without deviating or digressing? Explain your answer in detail.
5. Rewrite the first paragraph of the draft, using one of the other types of effective introductions we talked about in class. Note: you may have to consult the author's sources in order to find an anecdote, dilemma, etc. relating to the essay's topic.
Once your groupmate has answered these questions about your paper, read his or her feedback and answer the following question at the bottom of the document: do you think your introduction is effective? Is the introduction your partner wrote more or less effective than your original introduction? Why?
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