I enjoyed reading and re-reading your blog posts. Overall, you are a great summarizer when it comes to referencing/acknowledging other in your text. You keep it short and direct, but write in a way that isn’t boring. All of your posts also had great organization which helps your writing flow smoothly, and always seemed to have creative/original ideas.
You had a lot of good blogs to pick from for your final, but here are my three favorites you haven't already used:
1- Religion and Moral Identity;
I really enjoyed reading this blog. While I think overall some of your other blogs were written better, I loved the approach that you took with this one. I was caught by pleasant surprised with the strong points you made and thought it was awfully clever for you to break it down the way you did… especially after having already done reviews for other peoples writing on the same topic. If you choose to expand on this one, I know it will make for a strong and very intriguing paper.
2- Is Monogamy the Key?
I remembered this one from the original blog peer reviews. I thought it was great then, and I think it’s one of your best overall. This blog complements all of your best writing techniques- your ability to summarize, organize, and maintain relevance and a smooth flow.
3- The Fracturing of a Family
This blog was also written very well- and the intro is great. I love the second sentence, and think it could make for a great opener. Because it has an overall theme of staying connected (now from a distance), I think this would be a fun one to use for the final. I feel like there are a lot of things you could do with this one expand it in more dynamic ways too!
After reading everything, the only suggestion I have for you for the final is about your citations- which you do a great job of referencing in your text and using to support what you write. However, you most always use direct quotes and hardly ever use paraphrasing (although I did notice towards the more recent post you started to do it a bit more). While I think that direct quotes can at times make for a stronger piece of support, paraphrasing can help keep it consistently written in your own voice. Regardless, whichever blog you choose, I’m sure it will be great.
Good luck with the final- and thanks for all the reviews this semester! Have a good last few weeks and enjoy break!
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