Article Critique #1 Assignment
ENG 501
WHAT IS AN ARTICLE CRITIQUE?
An article critique is a specific type of reading response that asks you
to read, analyze and discuss the strengths and
weaknesses of an academic article. Critiques are holistic and examine
both the content of the article and the ways in
which is written before rendering an opinion on the validity or
worthiness of the article. Ultimately, the purpose of the
critique is to determine if the article meets your (personal and
field‐specific) standards of topic selection, evidence, logic
and writing style. THE ASSIGNMENT
You need to carefully and critically read one of the two articles listed
below. You then need to compose a narrative
response of at least 2 pages that
• Briefly (1 paragraph) summarizes the article
Makes a claim about the strength or validity of the author‘s claims,
Supports your claims about the author‘s work with specific evidence
from the article
Makes a supported recommendation about whether someone in your
field should use this article in his/her own
research or writing.
FORMAT
Your critique should be in essay format, using complete sentences and
paragraphs. It should begin with a summary
that identifies the article and author. That should be followed by your
evaluation of the research and writing of the
article, supported by evidence. Finally, you should conclude with a 1
paragraph recommendation, again supported by
evidence, about the use of the article.
Your review should contain direct references (quotes, summaries and
paraphrases) from the article. You need to
correctly cite your summary at the beginning with a signal phrase and
in ‐text citation. All other evidence should be
cited in APA format.
Include a correctly formatted APA‐style References entry at the end
of your paper. (It doesn‘t need to be on its own