THE ANALYSIS OF THE RHETORICAL SITUATION AND RHETORICAL APPEALS
assess whether the writer is accurate in identifying the rhetor, text, audience, exigence, context, constraints, and logos, pathos, and ethos within Alice Wong’s article.
How clear and effective is the thesis statement/purpose for the writing? Are all the points in the analysis supporting the thesis?
Which elements are incorrectly defined or explained? How should the writer correct them?
Which elements are incomplete or inadequately illustrated? What additional information is necessary to complete the required description of the element?
Which of the required elements are all together missing from the analysis?
Which elements lack the illustrations in the form of paraphrases and summaries from Wong’s essay? Which passages lack in-text citations and are therefore plagiarized?
How convinced were you to accept the peer’s overall claims about the article’s rhetorical situation?
THE FORMAT/ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
How appropriate is the grammar?
How clear/readable is the formatting? Comment on the paragraphs and on their order.
Where should the analysis be strengthened?
What needs the author’s attention most urgently?
What impressed you the most about this analysis?
THE MINI-REFLECTION
What are the discoveries about the article pointed out by the peer?
What is the new understanding of the article as pointed out by the writer?
What value does the writer recognize in completing this analysis?