Peer Workshop Guide

For the next 20 minutes you will trade your assignment with two other students.  Answer the following questions and provide whatever feedback that you think will be helping in revision.

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1.  Is the paper’s thesis a properly constructed enthymeme?  If not, what should be done to correct the problem?

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2.  What is the warrant of their thesis?  Does it need backing?

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3.   Is backing provided where necessary (give examples)?

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4.  Are grounds provided where necessary (give examples)?

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5.  Is this paper logically organized?  What changes would make the progression of thought here more logical?

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6.  Is the logic in this paper internally consistent? If not, where does the logic break down?

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7. If this were your paper, what changes would you make?  Why?

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