Discuss below in a 500 words:
You might answer the following questions in your two critiques:
1. Is the author's point of view known?
2. How much evidence does the author present?
3. Is there enough evidence to prove the claim?
4. Is the evidence factual?
5. Does the material come from a wide range of sources?
6. Why do you personally like or dislike the article or essay?
You might also want to utilize the commentaries and discussion questions within each unit as guides to developing your two critiques.
Consider the following questions as you create your paper:
Organization
Does the writing have a definite beginning, middle, and end?
Is the writing easy to follow?
Does the writing review the text?
Does the writing emphasize the positive and negative aspects of the writing?
Support
Does the paper use valid facts, quotes, statistics, examples and/or testimony to support the assertion?
Document Design
Is APA documentation used correctly?
Is the format standard?
Are citations in parentheses concise and complete enough to find the source on the reference page?
Word Choice/Effective Sentences/Punctuation/Spelling and Mechanics
Are ideas parallel?
Are words added to make comparisons logical and complete?
Do modifiers point to the words they modify?
Does the writing maintain a consistent point of view?
Are verbs consistent in mood, voice, and tense?
Is the paper void of spelling and mechanical errors?