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Macbeth Peer Review

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Macbeth Peer Review

Read the sample response below as if a classmate had written it. Use the questions to give specific, constructive feedback. Answers to feedback questions can vary; suggested responses are provided as examples.

Sample draft

In Macbeth, Shakespeare shows that ambition can make people betray their values. Macbeth first seems unsure when he says, “I have no spur / To prick the sides of my intent, but only / Vaulting ambition.” The image of a rider leaping too far suggests ambition is reckless and may lead to a fall. Later, Macbeth admits, “I am in blood / Stepp'd in so far,” which makes it seem like he cannot turn back. This is important because ambition makes Macbeth a bad person and everything goes wrong. Shakespeare uses imagery to show the theme.

Check the argument

For each criterion, decide whether the draft meets it or needs revision. Use evidence from the sample, not just a general impression.

1.Which statement best describes the draft’s main argument?
  • Shakespeare presents ambition as a force that can drive Macbeth towards destructive choices.
  • Shakespeare argues that all kings are cruel.
  • Lady Macbeth is responsible for every event in the play.
  • The draft mainly explains the plot of the play.
2.Does the writer explain how the “Vaulting ambition” image supports the argument, or do they only include the quotation? Give one detail from the draft to support your judgement.
3.Find one literary term the writer uses. Is it applied accurately to the quotation? Explain briefly.
4.Which sentence makes the broadest, least-supported claim? Copy a short phrase from it and explain what the writer should do next.
5.The draft connects its second quotation, “I am in blood / Stepp'd in so far,” to Macbeth’s sense that he cannot turn back.
TrueFalse
6.Write two strengths of the sample draft. For each, refer to a particular word, quotation or explanation.
7.Give the writer one revision suggestion that says what to change and why. Avoid comments such as “make it better.”
8.Rewrite “This is important because ambition makes Macbeth a bad person and everything goes wrong” as a more precise analytical sentence.
9.Choose the most useful priority for the writer’s next draft, then justify your choice in one sentence.
  • Add more plot summary.
  • Develop the analysis of the second quotation and replace the broad final claim with a precise conclusion.
  • Remove all quotations and focus on grammar.
  • Add a new character to the argument.
10.Imagine you are the writer. Name one piece of feedback you would act on and describe the change you would make.

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  • Macbeth Peer Review, page 1 of 3: Sample draft, Check the argument

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  • Macbeth Peer Review, page 2 of 3: 3. Find one literary term the writer uses. Is it applied accurately to the quotation?…

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  • Macbeth Peer Review, page 3 of 3: 9. Choose the most useful priority for the writer’s next draft, then justify your choice…

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