ARTICLE CRITIQUE.pptx

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1. ARTICLE CRITIQUE

2. What is an article critique? A critique is not (only) a criticism. A critique is a specific style of essay in which you identify, evaluate, and respond to an author's ideas, both positively and negatively. It is usually applied to academic sources.

3. A review (or “critique”) of a book or article is not primarily a summary. Rather, it analyses, comments on and evaluates the work.

4. An article critique is similar to book review, but it analyzes and comments on an article or text, instead of an entire book. Although the word "critique" is usually associated with fault finding or criticism in a negative sense, it actually involves also merit recognition.

5. You are expected to engage with the article rather than just summarize it, by considering its content carefully, and from different angles. Your critique must be objective, so support it with evidence rather than instinct or emotion.

6. When you engage in a critique you are demonstrating to your marker that: You have read extensively You can identify the particular strengths and weaknesses of those readings You can identify different positions and perspectives in the readings You are developing the skills and knowledge to engage with the experts You are joining in a broader academic debate about an article's merits

7. What do we do when we critique? Identify: What is the article's background and purpose? What is the main idea (the main argument) that the article is communicating?

8. Evaluate: How convincing is the argument? What does the argument assume? How useful or applicable is the article? How does the article compare with other current theory and research?

9. Respond: What is your assessment of the article? What issues does it raise? What issues does it avoid?

10. STRUCTURE

11. Structure #1 Introduction Summary Content (your review) Conclusion

12. INTRODUCTION Include a few opening sentences that announce the author(s) and the title, and briefly explain the topic of the text. Present the aim of the text .

13. SUMMARY Present a summary of the key points along with a limited number of examples. You can also briefly explain the author’s purpose/intentions throughout the text and you may briefly describe how the text is organized.

14. REVIEW The REVIEW should be a balanced discussion and evaluation of the strengths, weakness and notable features of the text. Remember to base your discussion on specific criteria. Good reviews also include other sources to support your evaluation (remember to reference).

15. If your critique is more positive than negative, then present the negative points first and the positive last. You could begin by stating what is good about the idea and then concede and explain how it is limited in some way. While this example shows a mixed evaluation, overall you are probably being more negative than positive.

16. Structure #2

17. Introduction

18. Body

19. Conclusion

20. How to make an ARTICLE CRITIQUE?

21. Read the article. Re-read the article. Underline important ideas. Circle key terms. Find the main point of the article. Divide the article into sections or stages of thought. Note the main idea of each paragraph if the article is short.

22. Scan the text. Look for information that can be deduced from the introduction, conclusion and the title and headings. What do these tell you about the main points of the article?

23. Locate the topic sentences and highlight the main points as you read.

24. Reread the text and make separate notes of the main points. Examples and evidence do not need to be included at this stage. Usually they are used selectively in your critique. Rewrite them in your own words and in complete sentences

25. Use reporting verbs and phrases ( eg ; The author describes…, Smith argues that …). If you include unique or specialist phrases from the text, use quotation marks.

26. QUIZ TIME!