Re: Peer Review Forum

COM-263 Peer Review Worksheet

Please provide quality feedback to your peers that will help them to improve their writing skills. This worksheet will assist you in providing that feedback.

Name of the draft’s author: Abigail Serrano

Name of the peer reviewer: Deneishia Jones

Reviewer

After reading through the paper one time, write a summary (three to five sentences) of the paper that includes your assessment of how well the paper meets the assignment requirements as specified in the assignment directions and rubric.

right10160Owing to the diversity that is present in the US, it is widely known as the melting pot. In the paper, author Abigail also highlighted various cultures and ethnicities that are present in the US while specifically focusing on Mexican Culture. According to the author, more than 57 million Latino Americans are residing in the US. Additionally, the author also discussed various characteristics of the Mexican people such as gender roles, religion, and family. Overall, the paper covered almost all points that were mentioned in the initial instructions. The introduction was very well written and immediately grasped the reader’s attention. However, I think that Mexican Culture does not only revolve around Latino Americans, but there are several other ethnic groups such as Hispano, Tejano, and Nuevomexicano as well. So the author should have incorporated them as well. Moreover, the author could also describe the events Mexican people celebrate. This can facilitate the reader to get more information about Mexican culture. Additionally, while describing the culture of any place or people, art and literature are important factors. Therefore, the author must incorporate them as well to make the paper more interesting.

00Owing to the diversity that is present in the US, it is widely known as the melting pot. In the paper, author Abigail also highlighted various cultures and ethnicities that are present in the US while specifically focusing on Mexican Culture. According to the author, more than 57 million Latino Americans are residing in the US. Additionally, the author also discussed various characteristics of the Mexican people such as gender roles, religion, and family. Overall, the paper covered almost all points that were mentioned in the initial instructions. The introduction was very well written and immediately grasped the reader’s attention. However, I think that Mexican Culture does not only revolve around Latino Americans, but there are several other ethnic groups such as Hispano, Tejano, and Nuevomexicano as well. So the author should have incorporated them as well. Moreover, the author could also describe the events Mexican people celebrate. This can facilitate the reader to get more information about Mexican culture. Additionally, while describing the culture of any place or people, art and literature are important factors. Therefore, the author must incorporate them as well to make the paper more interesting.

After a second, closer reading of the paper and another look at the rubric, identify specific areas that are strong and areas that could use reinforcements or revisions.

Two strengths of the paper:

1. The introduction was very well written for grasping the reader’s attention, and use of statistics made it a lot easier to determine the population of Latino Americans.

2. Characteristics such as religion, family and gender roles, defined in the paper, provide an insight into Mexican culture very well.

Three things that could use reinforcements or revisions:

1. The author can further improve paper quality by providing the most recent statistics of Latino Americans.

2. Art and literature is the essence of a culture of any place or people, so the author should incorporate them in the paper as well.

3. The author should briefly explain the events that Mexican people celebrate. This is because events can help a lot in understanding the culture of people.

Two strengths of the paper:

1. The introduction was very well written for grasping the reader’s attention, and use of statistics made it a lot easier to determine the population of Latino Americans.

2. Characteristics such as religion, family and gender roles, defined in the paper, provide an insight into Mexican culture very well.

Three things that could use reinforcements or revisions:

1. The author can further improve paper quality by providing the most recent statistics of Latino Americans.

2. Art and literature is the essence of a culture of any place or people, so the author should incorporate them in the paper as well.

3. The author should briefly explain the events that Mexican people celebrate. This is because events can help a lot in understanding the culture of people.