After reading the article carefully, use your knowledge of English 1C analysis devices to answer the following questions in complete, well-organized essay form. Quote phrases from the article to support your analysis. Remember: a good analysis explains enough so a reader who hasnt read the original article knows what youre critiquing and why, but at the same time, it is organized around your own thesis about the article, and is not a summary of the article point by point.
Suggested format
1) Introduction: Identify the author, his/her purpose for writing, conclusion, and target audience. State your thesis evaluating the overall strength or weakness of the authors arguments and a brief reason why, not your personal feelings about the issue.
2) Body: Identify authors support pointsthe premises and evidence used to support the conclusionusing brief quoted examples as references.
a. Set out the strengths
i. What points best support the thesis?
ii. What kinds of reasoning does the author use (statistics, analogies, cause/effect reasoning)? Other persuasive devices?
b. Set out the weaknesses
i. Are there fallacies (label them), contradictions, omissions, unsupported claims, unwarranted assumptions, non-credible references, biased language?
3) Conclusion: Assess and respond to the persuasiveness of the writing. Give specific examples for your statements. Remember, you can acknowledge that an argument is strong even though you may not agree with it, or acknowledge that an argument is weak even though you do agree with it.
a. Do the strengths outweigh the weaknesses?
b. How does the authors argument conclusion compare with your own about the issue?
c. Did this article change your views on the issue in any way?
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