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Checklist for Final Review: Profiles
Once you have made your review draft as complete and polished as possible, have it reviewed by one or more
people who understand the principles (analyzing content, engaging readers, and so on) that you have been
working with in this chapter.
- Give the reviewer a copy of your draft, one he or she can make notes on.
- Give the reviewer a copy of your context analysis. If necessary, revise that analysis before giving it to the reviewer.
- Ask the reviewer to begin his or her response by answering the following questions.
(1) What is the overall impression you get of the topic of my profile?
(2) What words would you use to describe the person, place, or activity I am writing about?
(3) Given what I say in my context analysis, how likely does it seem that this impression will come
through clearly and be interesting to my intended audience?
- Ask the reviewer to adopt the perspective of the audience described in your context analysis and then use the
following checklist in commenting on your work.
- In my context analysis, please highlight any statements that give you a good sense of the knowledge, values,
and needs of my intended audience. Please indicate any statements that need to be clarified.
- In my context analysis, please highlight any statements that give you a good sense of the circumstances,
purposes, and expected format for my profile. Please indicate any statements that need to be clarified.
- In what specific passages have I developed my topic thoroughly, creating a clear, dominant impression of my subject?
What are some passages in which I could make that impression clearer or more effective? What are some strategies I might
use to do this? Do the photographs I have used contribute to the impression I am trying to create?
- What portions of my introduction seem likely to engage the interest of my intended audience? What are some strategies
that might make the introduction more engaging?
- How would you describe the voice I have created? At what points does that voice seem appropriate, given my intended
audience and profile topic? What strategies might help me make the voice clearer or more appropriate?
- What are some words or phrases that provide a clear structure for my profile, making information accessible,
creating clear expectations for readers, and indicating links between paragraphs or larger sections of text?
What strategies might I use to make the structure of my profile clearer?
- How does the conclusion of my profile reinforce or extend the dominant impression I am trying to create?
What strategies might I use to make my conclusion more effective?
- If the profile includes photographs or other visual elements, what do they contribute to the overall
impression conveyed in the profile? Do the images have appropriate captions?
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