The evaluation of the article review will be looking for three (3) things for grading: 1. Bibliographic information – There is compulsory to adhere the APA citation and referencing format. – It is a must to make the reference section as the subtitle of your assignment and to incorporate this information in term of citation format into the sentences. o To ease your citation and referencing formation, Microsoft Word 2007 and Word 2010 can automatically generate a bibliography (or other similar document requiring citations) of the sources you used to write your paper. 2. A *BRIEF* summary of the article – You should summarize the main points the author discusses. – As far as possible, make it clear what the author’s central argument is. – This summary is only to give the necessary background for the analysis you will give, not the main thrust of your review. – You will be able to include more detailed information in the course of actually critiquing the article. – Your summary should not take up more than a half page or so. 3. A detailed analysis of the article – This is the most important part of the review and where most of the marks will be allocated. Spend the most time here. – You need to show not only that you have read the article, but that you have thought critically about its content. – When assessing the author’s argument, you might think about the following questions? a) Is the argument made clearly? Does the author hide behind fancy rhetoric or does the author lay out the argumentative steps in a way that is easy to understand? b) Does the author use appropriate evidence to support the argument? c) Does the author argue logically? Are there steps missing in the chain of argumentation? d) Does the author support the opinions with clear explanations or appeals to evidence or is the reader expected to simple agree with the author? e) Does the author’s view align with what you know about this topic? f) What is the intended audience for the article, is the article pitched too high? Too low? g) Does the author give sufficient background for the argument, for example, contextualizing what she/ he says in relation to other scholarship on the subject? h) Is the article convincing? Boring? Safe? Provocative? Controversial? If controversial, does the author extend the conversation on the topic in a constructive way or does she/ he go too far? i) If you agree with the author in any way, what changes would you propose? How would you improve on either the style or content of the article? j) Is this article useful for people studying this topic? Why? How? – Obviously you won’t have time to do ALL of this. Importantly, use these questions as a guide to the kinds of things that you should be discussing and not as a list of questions that must be answered. Consider how you will organize your review. Do not just list ides as they occur to you. The assignment should flow logically from one idea to the next. Chronological organization (presenting information in the order things are presented in the article itself) and thematic organizing (where each paragraph considers a different aspect of the argument: background, evidence, logic, etc.) are both good approaches. There are other good approaches too; just make sure you think about the most effective way to present your ideas. Remember that there should be logic flow within each paragraph too. You can use conjunctions words to ensure functional and constructing sentences between paragraphs. Please refer to https://www.smart-words.org/linking-words/linking-words.pdf for details. Do not jump from topic to topic. Try to stick to one big idea per paragraph. Keep in mind that there is no right answer when reviewing an article. A review that is very positive can earned just as high mark as one that is very critical and negative. The way to do well on this assignment is to offer detailed analysis of the article by appealing to specific aspects of the article. As long you can back up what you say with evidence from the article 4 (examples either in the form of quotations, paraphrases, rephrases, or summaries; do not forget to include citations and references into relevant page numbers where appropriate), you are entitled to whatever opinion you may have of the author’s work.
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