Literary Analysis Essay Peer Revision Instructions

Write “EDITOR #1” and print your name legibly next to “Editor #1” Pass your paper to the person behind you. If you are the last person in your row, take your paper to the person at the front of the row. Write “EDITOR #1” and print your name legibly next to “Editor #1”

Editor #1 Directions: Underline every other sentence in the essay Check to see if all sentences are complete…if it is missing a subject, verb, or it is not a complete thought, write “S/F” for sentence fragment. Check to see if there are run-on sentences…if two or more sentences are crammed together without proper punctuation, write “R/O” for run-on.

Write “EDITOR #2” and print your name legibly next to “Editor #2” Pass your paper to the person behind you. If you are the last person in your row, take your paper to the person at the front of the row. Write “EDITOR #2” and print your name legibly next to “Editor #2”

Editor #2 Directions: Read through the essay and circle all the “BE” verbs (ex. am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been). Suggest verbs in the margin that are “active” instead of “passive”.

Write “EDITOR #3” and print your name legibly next to “Editor #3” Pass your paper to the person behind you. If you are the last person in your row, take your paper to the person at the front of the row. Write “EDITOR #3” and print your name legibly next to “Editor #3”

Editor #3 Directions: Read through the essay and put a triangle around all the pronouns (ex. he, she, it, his, her, their, they, them, me, my, I, we, our, you, your) If you can not tell what the pronoun is referring to (the antecedent), write “?” next to the pronoun. Make sure the pronoun and antecedent agree in number and gender.

Write “EDITOR #4” and print your name legibly next to “Editor #4” Pass your paper to the person behind you. If you are the last person in your row, take your paper to the person at the front of the row. Write “EDITOR #4” and print your name legibly next to “Editor #4”

Editor #4 Directions: Read through the paper and check SPELLING CAPITALIZATION PUNCTUATION SUBJECT / VERB AGREEMENT MAKE SUGGESTIONS THAT WILL IMPROVE THE PAPER MARK ANY AREAS THAT ARE CONFUSING