ENG 350 Scoring Guide: Summary – “Stirring Up Trouble”

Essay Writer’s name: ________Jaden Ferguson___________________________

Peer Review student’s name: __Irvin Bui____________________________________
Key
5 = Outstanding
4 = Good (effective but not quite exemplary)
3 = Average (adequate but needs improvement)
2 = Weak (deficient and needs substantial improvement)
1 = Poor (severely deficient)
0 = Missing/Omitted
 The essay is scored holistically. The numbers above are used to indicate the relative
strengths and weaknesses in each area below.
__4____ 1. Format: The essay is typed using size 12 Times New Roman font; it is properly
formatted according to MLA requirements (see Rules for Writers or Purdue Online Writing Lab),
with last name and page number at the top right of each page, and an appropriate heading (name,
professor’s name, course title, and date – e.g., 6 February 2020) at the upper left of the first page.
__4____ 2. Title: The essay has an appropriate title. Examples: “Stirring Up Trouble”: A
Summary; A Recapitulation of Stephen S. Morse’s “Stirring Up Trouble”.
__4____ 3. Introduction: The opening paragraph establishes the basics, identifying the name of
the author and his profession (virologist, professor of anthropology), the title of the article (in
quotation marks), the title of the textbook (in italics), the thesis, and the writer’s purpose in
communicating this informational material (What is the writer trying to do? What questions or
problems is he addressing? What are the major conclusions he reaches?)
__3____ 4. Body Paragraphs: These paragraphs abstract central ideas, definitions, and
arguments, including detailed information only when essential, and the writer does not make a
judgment of the source material. The essay defines terms (e.g., “aggregation” in Kottack) that the
reader cannot be expected to know, paraphrasing and summarizing accurately, responsibly. The
essay is organized into several body paragraphs – not one seemingly endless paragraph.
__3____ 5. Embedding quotes: The essay embeds quotes from the text skillfully. The selected
quotes are appropriate and effectively introduced. The writer uses a variety of methods to embed
quotes (and demonstrates at least two of these methods): set-off quotes, built-in quotes, and
quotes introduced with a colon. (See the handout Embedding Quotes on Blackboard.)
__5____ 6. Verbs: The essay summarizes text using present-tense verbs. The writer uses a rich
variety of verbs (e.g., argues, asserts, questions, contends, disparages, etc.), rather than
pedestrian verbs (e.g., writes, says, states, etc.) (See the Verbs Reference Sheet on Blackboard.)
__4____ 7. In-text Citations: The writer documents source material within the text in proper
MLA format. Example: Morse explains that “germs do not discriminate” (102). Second
example: According to Kottack, Van Gennep’s liminal phase is accepted by most experts (99).
__5____ 8. The Works Cited at the end of the essay has one entry that is modeled like the
following:
Kottack, Conrad P. “Rites of Passage.” Critical Strategies. 3rd ed. Malcolm Kiniry and Mike Rose. Boston:
St. Martin’s, 1998. 99-100.

Note: The article “Stirring Up Trouble” also appears in Critical Strategies, so copy the same
documentation that appears in the example above.

__4____ 9. Writing quality: The essay is composed in formal academic English. There are no
comma splices, run-on sentences, or sentence fragments. The essay is free of errors in grammar,
usage, and mechanics. The writer has carefully proofread the essay and has eliminated “typos”
and other careless errors.

Comment:
- The MLA need page numbers and your name on top right corner, name of instructor, title need
- Need a better appropriate title.
- This is a summary, so you would want to make a short brief that a reader comprehends the
main ideas without reading through the article.
- Embedding quotes have to be cited page after quotation marks like example: “quotes” (101).
- Overall you need summarize the history that the authors use to strengthen the idea about virus
come from animals and by human influence.