Guidelines for Article Reflection

  1. Paragraph One: Summarize the essay

In the genre of the text “title of the essay,”writer’s full namestatesreplace this word with a synonymthatwriter’s main idea or argument. Writer’s last name saysexplain the main idea. Last name writes it in a discuss his/her tone fordiscuss his/her intended audience. Explain it with examples from the text.In order tostate writer’s purpose, last nameillustrates replace this word with a synonym anddiscuss the examples she/he uses in his/her essay. For example, cite textual evidence. Writer’s last nameisn’t or is effective indiscuss the purposebecause give reasons why/why not he or she is effective.

  1. Paragraph Two: evaluation of the article/essay/text
  1. Is the title of the text appropriate and clear?
  2. Do you find errors of fact and interpretations?
  3. Is all of the discussion relevant?
  4. Are the writer’s statements clear? Challenge ambiguous statements.
  5. Has the writer been objective in his or her discussion of the topic?
  6. What evidence/source is being used to support the argument? Is it pertinent/relevant?
  7. Does the writer present the evidence to back up a point made, to illustrate a point, or to engender sympathy toward an argument?
  8. Has any ideas been overemphasized or underemphasized? Suggest specific revision.
  9. Should some sections of the text be expanded, condensed or omitted?
  10. What general assumptions does the author make? For what purpose?
  1. Paragraph Three: Your reaction to the article

Offer some of your own opinions and insight about the article, and use textual evidence to support them.

The following are just suggestions:

  • I feel that
  • I agree or disagree
  • The author seems to
  • I do not like
  • The images seem to
  • The author is [is not] successful in making me feel
  • I am especially moved by
  • I don't get the connection between
  • It is clear that the writer is trying to
  • My favorite part is...because
  • I can conclude that

Format:

Typed preferred => one page (about 500-600 words), single spaced, 12 font size and Times New Roman Hand-written => Two pages neatly and legibly written in blue or black ink Do not write on the back of the paper.

Please indicate the word count on the bottom right hand corner.

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