Download Romantic Attraction Peer Response Guide: Analyzing a Couple's Love Story - Prof. S. R. Rig and more Study notes Linguistics in PDF only on Docsity! Writer’s name: ___________________________________________ Date: ____________ Reader/responder: ________________________________________ Second Peer Response Guide for Paper 2: Romantic Attraction Instructions to the writer: Before class… Print two copies of your essay and two copies of this guide and bring them to class on Monday, May 12. Fill out the writer’s name and date at the top of each copy of this form. During class… Give one copy of your essay to Randy. Give another copy of your essay to a partner. Get your partner’s essay. Give your partner this guide along with your paper. Get your partner’s guide. Instructions to the reader/responder: Fill out your name on the second line at the top of this form. Read your partner’s draft. Do not write anything on your partner’s paper. As you read, complete this form. If you finish reading before your partner, keep adding to and refining your written answers. When your partner has finished, sit together. Take turns presenting a summary of your comments. 1. The writer’s first task was to “write about a romantic couple.” (1a) Does the writer identify the couple by their names? Yes or no? (1b) If so, in which paragraph(s)? (1c) Write their names here. 1a 1b 1c 2. The writer’s second task was to “tell the story of how they met.” (2a) Does the writer answer this question? Yes or no? (2b) If so, in which paragraph(s)? (2c) Quote a sentence from the paper where the writer addresses this question. 2a 2b 2c 3. The writer’s third task was to tell “why…they were initially attracted to one another.” (3a) Does the writer answer this question? (3b) If so, in which paragraph(s)? (3c) Quote a sentence from the paper where the writer addresses this question. 3a 3b 3c 4. The writer’s fourth task was to tell the story in a “coherent narrative.” (4a) Is the narrative full of details? (4b) Is it organized with attention to time order? (4c) Does it use paragraph and sentence breaks and transitional expressions as part of a clear organizational strategy? (4d) Quote a sentence from the paper which you think the time order is not clear. Explain. 4a 4b 4c 4d 5. The writer’s fifth task was to tell “apply one of the theories of mate selection we covered in ‘The Mystery of Attraction.’” (5a) Does the writer clearly summarize one or more of these theories? Yes or no? (5b) If so, in which paragraph(s)? (5c) Name the theory or theories which the writer summarizes. 5a 5b 5c 6. The writer’s final task was to “apply one of the theories of mate selection. (6a) Does the writer show how the theory does or does not “explain why the couple initially got together and/or why the couple (has) remained together”? Yes or no? (6b) If so, in which paragraph(s)? (6c) According to the writer, does the theory succeed or fail to explain this couple’s romantic attraction? 6a 6b 6c
