I have become much more comfortable with providing and receiving peer review criticism. Peer review gave me a glimpse into what my reader thinks while reading my writing, which I found to be very beneficial. I often get lost in my thoughts, so it becomes either reassuring when others understand it clearly, or helpful when it is confusing to them and they tell me. In a research assignment this semester on how to eat well, I found that making a collage of the essay really helps to visualize where sections might fit best. I used this technique to reorganize my research so that it would make the most sense to my audience. Another feedback method that worked very well for me was reading between the lines. I felt it was really beneficial to be shown the places where I lack extra detail because I don’t want my reader to get lost in implications rather than the main point. This review strategy helped to bring those implications to the light, allowing me to revise the cloudy areas better. Both of these strategies I would like to keep using in the future because they provide valuable feedback that indicates the train of thought of the audience when reading my work.

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