When I was peer reviewing, I spent a lot of time in the beginning looking for the nitty gritty, such as where a certain comma should go or if there should be a word in place of another. As I progressed on, I began to notice more fine details on how I could actually help their writing, such as refining their thesis, expanding on their conclusions, or even completely rewording a sentence to make it flow better. In one of my early peer reviews I made a comment that was along the lines of “Spelling, also introduce who he is” whereas in a later essay I made a comment on a peer’s essay that said, “I would state his full name as it is your introduction.” The difference here is that I explained why the authors of these essays should introduce the authors in the specific areas. The first quote was in the first body paragraph, the second quote was in the introduction and she only used his last name.
