2. The predominant weaknesses I caught while reading the four peer essays assigned to me were minor but prevalent MLA issues, organizational issues for the essay as a whole, and on the sentence level, typos and awkward or incorrect phrasing. Some people felt the need to use excessively formal language, but then reverted to less formal, making for inconsistent voice and style. I probably do the same on occasion–it’s difficult to let go of the notion that “big words” equal good writing. On the other hand, as far as strengths, each person seemed to be passionate about the topic they’d chosen and seemed committed to it. Most were not far off from a polished final draft. Noticing organizational issues in other people’s work has made me more adept at recognizing it in my own.