Peer response to Mariana Soroka's Definition

Kayun, N.

The extended definition of the “European Union” by Mariana Soroka is logically structured and it’s easy for the reader to understand the content of the paragraph. The best feature of the paragraph can be that there is some historical component in it. The definition is organized in a single paragraph without any additional remarks, and the defined term is marked (what draw our attention), that’s why the format of the paper is correct.

The paragraph begins with the topic sentence, which gives to the reader a clear general idea of the term. The word “community” which is used in the topic sentence can be the synonym for the term “European Union” but there are also particular characteristics of this community “political and economic” “is situated mostly in Europe and has common supranational government” what reflects the controlling idea of the sentence. Other sentences support the main idea and represent more details about the term. Some historical facts in them help not only to understand the meaning of the term, but to think about development of this organization. In this case it is enough information to catch the main idea of the term. But there is not concluding sentence, which should summarize all the information that was used in the paragraph.

It’s easy to read the paragraph owing to the fact that the sentences in it go smoothly. Of course it will be better to use more transitional signals, there are only few of them in text “Then”, ”Since that time”. There are no inconsistent pronouns. All the sentences are clear to the reader. If looking at the grammar mistakes, the paragraph is written in a correct way. Thereby, the extended definition of the term is easy to understand and remember for the reader.