700-750 words or 2 -3 pages double space
Introduce your Analysis:
A. Summarize the text.
B. Provide any necessary context surrounding the texts topic.
C. Include the authors full name and title within the essay in the Introduction.
D. Develop a clear thesis statement with your stand at the end of the Introduction.
Analyze the text: Break the text into parts and discuss
Why is the information significant? ID pattern/themes/ appeals within the text.
What is the tone of the author?
What is the authors theme(s)/message? What examples illustrate that theme(s)?
Other questions to consider in your evaluation of the article:
Who is the intended audience? Are you part of that audience? How does that impact your interpretation of the text?
Is this information informative or persuasive?
-Use quotes/paraphrases consistently from the text to support your stand.
Introduction:
Brief Summary of the article with the Authors Name and title of the text appropriately punctuated.
Argumentative thesis: Your thesis should go here.
Body Paragraphs:
Create analysis of the article by following the main points that the author created.
Feel free to focus on what you feel the author is attempting to do through this reading.
Consider strengths and weaknesses within the text.
Be sure to explain how the author conveys the message through examples.
Be sure that you are analyzing, not just summarizing.
The paragraphs should be very well developed in order to illustrate your full analysis of the article.
Concluding Paragraph:
Restate your thesis statement and offer your primary justifications for your argument. What does your analysis reveal about this text and its significance.
Create a Works Cited page for the text you analyzed.
