Peer Critique: Visual Analysis
Please read your peer’s draft and answer the following questions thoughtfully and thoroughly on a separate sheet of paper. Simple “yes” and “no” answers are not acceptable. This is not a test to see if you have done things “correctly”; rather, this is an opportunity for you to receive responses and feedback about what you have written from a reader who is familiar with the goals of this assignment.After you have finished with your response, make sure your name is on the critique you have written. You will then give it back to the author, and the author will read it and make necessary revisions. Each author should have a peer critique with a name on it in his or her folder when turning in the position paper. I will look for the name on your sheet and give the appropriate person credit for completing the critique.1. Does this paper have a title? Is it both interesting and informative?
2. What is the topic that this paper will discuss? How does the author introduce the topic? Does the introduction grab your interest?
Write down the author’s thesis statement. If you have trouble finding it, say so.
3. Read only the author’s title, intro, and conclusion. Do they form a complete thought, make sense when read together, and clearly identify what the entire paper is about? How might the author improve these?
4.Does the author adequately describe the photograph or painting to someone who has not seen it? Do they mention which details are more prominent than others and why? Do they mention the most prominent element/focal point (figure/ground contrast: what’s in front and what’s in back)?
Does the author adequately describe the photograph or painting to someone who has not seen it? Do they mention which details are more prominent than others and why? Do they mention the most prominent element/focal point (figure/ground contrast: what’s in front and what’s in back)?5. Does the author discuss their individual relationship to the photograph or painting? Analyze the relationship? Do they discuss the emotions it mage them feel and which specific details of the photograph or painting stimulated these feelings? Do they mention where the eye goes and why?
6. Does the author discuss how the photograph or painting convey its meaning and how the details work together to establish its meaning? Does the author examine the condition, colors, sizes functions, and positions of the objects or figures included in the image, its major elements, and how are they arranged (grouping/proximity: size/color/shape/texture)? Does the author discuss how does the use of line affects movement or mood and how the different details and arrangements of the photograph or painting related? do they discuss the connections they see between these elements and how they contribute to what they see and feel?
7. Does the author state what they feel the image suggests (i.e. and interpretation)? Does the author mention any symbols found within the image? Themes suggested? Do they mention the feeling or mood created? Does the author discuss the tone of the piece and what they feels is the point of the painting or photograph? Does the author discuss the significance of the title of the piece (Is there a story or narrative imbedded in the image) and what ithey feel t is that the artist/photographer is trying to get us to see and understand (historical, sociological, political, cultural, and/or economic significance)?
8.What evidence does the author use to support the thesis? What additional evidence might be needed to support the thesis in this paper?
What evidence does the author use to support the thesis? What additional evidence might be needed to support the thesis in this paper?9.Does the writer use a formal academic voice, avoiding the use of contractions, personal pronouns, and slang? Note any instances of such inappropriate language.
Does the writer use a formal academic voice, avoiding the use of contractions, personal pronouns, and slang? Note any instances of such inappropriate language.10.Do paragraphs have clear focus, unity and coherence (one idea per paragraph)? Effective transitions? If not, how could the writer improve these?
Do paragraphs have clear focus, unity and coherence (one idea per paragraph)? Effective transitions? If not, how could the writer improve these?11.Jot down the organization of the essay in a brief list or outline. Are there any places where you became lost? Is the organization easy to follow? Does it make sense?
Jot down the organization of the essay in a brief list or outline. Are there any places where you became lost? Is the organization easy to follow? Does it make sense?12.How does the conclusion bring the audience to closure? What feeling does the ending leave you with?
How does the conclusion bring the audience to closure? What feeling does the ending leave you with?13.Is this paper informative to you? Why or why not?
Is this paper informative to you? Why or why not? 14.Add any editing suggestions you might notice while you’re reading.
Add any editing suggestions you might notice while you’re reading.15.What additional suggestions can you give the author?
What additional suggestions can you give the author?