Week 4 Skill Building Activity: Article Evaluation

Week 4 Skill Building Activity: Article Evaluation

For this assignment, choose a scholarly critical article from one of the school Library databases (attached already)that makes a clear argument about any one of the stories you've read for class so far. The article you choose must provide more than basic biographical information and plot summary alone- it must make an opinionated argument about some aspect of the literary work you've read for class. Please summarize the article's main ideas, then evaluate your article's merits-- is the author's thesis interesting? Did you agree with its ideas? Did the author do an effective job proving their argument- why or why not? 

Your complete summary/evaluation should be at least 300 words in length and fully address all requirements.

Structure: 

· Clearly identify the author's thesis and main points in a  brief summary of the article.  

· You should then provide an evaluation of these main points and explain how this article's argument is relevant or convincing to you (or not), and why.

MLA Style:

· Your paper must be formatted according to MLA format (this includes having a header, double spacing, etc.)

· All quotations and paraphrases must be cited using MLA style.

· Include in this analysis a QUOTE and a PARAPHRASE from the article, with appropriate in-text citations.

 Include a works-cited page at the end of your paper that cites your chosen article.

· For more information about MLA style, review the "How-To Guide: MLA Formatting and Citations" page linked in class.