Peer Review Sheet: Found Genres

Authors name: _Christian Best_____

Reviewers name: _______________________
Author: Before exchanging papers with one of your classmates, fill in the following
information about your draft.
1.
State the type of genre you have chosen to create and what your main
purpose is: Are you trying to explain a process, persuade a person of authority, or
state your legally-binding wishes?
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2.

I chose diary entries as my choice of genre. My main purpose was to

show that anyone could write a diary entry and it can basically be
about anything.
Describe the best section of your down draft so far.

I think the best part of my down draft is where I go into detail

about the loss of my baby cousin and the infinite amount of love I
have for her, even before she was born.

3.
Explain one or two problems that you are having with this draft that you
want your reader to focus on.
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My main problem is conducted happy diary entries. I do my best

writing when it is full of emotion and my inner thoughts but I dont
want it to be completely filled with sad entries.

4.
Content/Organization - What topics should, or might need to be, included in
this genre of writing? What headings/sections should be included, and how should
they be organized for maximum effectiveness in the accomplishment of your
purpose? List the necessary content and organization criteria below:
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Because diary entries can be about any topic, Im not completely

sure what specific topics should be discussed to show the
effectiveness of this genre.

5.
Tone/Diction/Style What language selection choices are necessary for this
genre of writing? Casual, formal, a combination? Is it appropriate to use long and
complex sentence constructions, or should information be communicated in brief,
succinct sentences? Are specific words necessary (as in a resume) to accomplish
your purpose? List all below:
- To give this genre a personal feel, an informal style of writing is used.
Diary entries are supposed to personal and full of personal expression so
there are no formal guidelines that are necessarily used.

Reviewer: Read the authors comments above, and read the entire draft through
once without making any comments. Then reread the draft in order to answer the
following questions related to the criteria being used to construct and evaluate the
genre.
1.
Content/Organization: Evaluate based on criteria listed above by the author.
Suggest where content should be added/subtracted and where organization could
be improved. Give specific examples.
I dont think there are any areas where you need to add in or take away any
content. Or how you can make it improved. With this being a diary entry, its
completely up to you how you want it to look and you are completely free to not
have to follow the rules and regulations of writing.

2.
Tone/Diction/Style: Evaluate the draft so far, based on these criteria. Suggest
where the writing would benefit from a different tone style or word choice. Give
specific examples.
Like I said before, I dont really know how to change up your diary entries. Because
a diary entry is so personal to whoever is writing it, you cant just tell that person
that they are doing it wrong, when it is completely up to that person to how they
want to conduct their writing when they are writing in a diary.

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Suggest solutions to the problem(s) the author wanted you to focus on.

Although I feel like its up to you how you do your entries and that its completely
informal, I think that I do have a solution to your problem. You said earlier in this
peer review that you try to write when youre full of emotion. Well that doesnt
necessarily mean that you have to only write when you are upset. Try to write when
youre emotions are full of happy things, and then thats how you can balance out
your entries between sadness and happiness.

Important: When your reviewers return your peer review sheets, please pay close
attention to (but also evaluate) all comments and suggestions for revision. Please
seriously consider your peers' suggestions on how to improve your paper and
accomplish your main purpose successfully.