1. What is the thesis statement? Is it an accurate reflection of the author’s thesis statement? Is it stated in your own words? How could you refine it to be more clear and concise?
Zinsser’s essay reveals to parents the four main ailments that college students today face, which are economic, parental, peer, and self-induced pressures.
4. How is the essay organized? Does it follow the organization of the original article? What transitions do you use? Think of some additional possibilities for more logical organization.
6. Make sure to fix any major grammar, spelling, or punctuation errors.
This is done.
Zinsser’s essay reveals to parents the four main ailments that college students today face, which are economic, parental, peer, and self-induced pressures.
It is in my own words. I feel that it is a little long, but that all of the information is neccesary for the thesis statement.
It was organized as follows: Introduction, including thesis, economic pressures, parental pressures, peer pressures, self-induced pressures, and conclusion. I covered only the main points form the essay and was not repetitive. I feel that I did not include any of my own opinions, but rather covered the points the author was trying to make. My own feelings and conclusions are left out of the summary.
2. How is the essay introduced? Do you mention the article’s title, author, purpose and audience? Does it clearly set the tone for the paper and accurately reflect what is discussed therein? Could it be improved?
I introduced the essay by relating it to the reader of my summary. I mentioned the article, author, purpose, and audience. It clearly discusses what the paper will include.
3. What are the main points of the summary? How do you recognize them? Do you leave out minor points and repetitive points for emphasis? Most importantly, do you leave out your own opinion, feelings or conclusions on the subject of the article?
It was organized as follows: Introduction, including thesis, economic pressures, parental pressures, peer pressures, self-induced pressures, and conclusion. I covered only the main points form the essay and was not repetitive. I feel that I did not include any of my own opinions, but rather covered the points the author was trying to make. My own feelings and conclusions are left out of the summary.
4. How is the essay organized? Does it follow the organization of the original article? What transitions do you use? Think of some additional possibilities for more logical organization.
The essay is organized by introduction, which included the thesis, the four main points, and then a conclusion. The pressures were stated in order as found in the original essay. I feel I took steps to make sure that each paragraph flowed into the next.
5. After your reading, can you say the thesis statement accurately reflects the topic and focus of the essay? How is the essay concluded? What technique do you employ in the conclusion? How is that effective or not?
Yes. The essay is concluded by discussing the point Zinsser made with the essay, which was his final conclusion. I did not simply repeat information, and therefore I feel that my conclusion was effective.
This is done.
7. Is the sentence structure varied and interesting? Do you have any weak, overly wordy, awkward, or confusing sentences? Does the essay strive to use active, direct, present tense verbs?
I went through my paper and reworded a few of the repetitiveness and awkward sentences. I feel this gave it a much better flow.
8. Were the textual passages (quotes and paraphrases) well-chosen? Remember you should try avoiding direct quotations when writing a summary.
Only a partial sentence was directly quoted, and the rest was all put into my own words.
9. Is the essay written in third-person? Are all instances of first- and second-person removed from the piece?
Yes, they are.
10. Is the draft two to three (2-3) pages typed, double-spaced? Are all the margins one inch (1”)?
My answer is yes to all of the above questions.
My answer is yes to all of the above questions.
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