Outline Workshop

OUTLINE WORKSHOP QUESTIONS

Instructions: Please answer all of the following questions in detail for your partner in complete sentences, providing examples from their paper in your answers. You may not simply answer yes or no in your responses. This activity should take you around thirty minutes per person, not much less than that.

Before you begin writing, please make sure to share your work aloud.

1) Does the paper provide a clear thesis statement, sharing what game the writer will be analyzing, and from what angle they will be analyzing that game? Is the thesis specific, qualified, and clear? Give at least one suggestion for improvement.

2) What necessary background information is included? What further background information might be needed?

3) Suggest an opening hook that might capture the reader's attention.

4) Discuss the organization of the body paragraphs. What is the topic of each main paragraph? Are they in an order that makes sense, or should they be re-ordered somehow? Often, going from small to large (micro to macro) or vice-versa makes sense.

5) Are there clear examples from the games and from any outside research (if applicable) to back up the assertions made in the paper? Suggest places where more examples might be used. Also, discuss whether these examples are strong enough.

6) Point out any weakness in the analysis. What further questions do you have as a reader? Where can the writer dig deeper? Are there any logical fallacies in the paper?