For Henry Only
Article Analysis
For your article analysis, you must choose a critical article from the GMC library databases that
makes a clear argument about the reading you’ve chosen for your research paper. The article
you choose must provide more than basic biographical information and plot summary. Your
analysis should be at least 500 words in length.
GMC library password
SUM2013gmc
Your article analysis will be graded on the following rubric:
Argument 70 points
MLA Style 10 points
Mechanics, Grammar, and Punctuation 10 points
Structure 10 points
Argument
In your analysis, you should clearly identify the author’s thesis and main points. You
should then provide a critique of these main points and the overall thesis.
While you’re writing, you may want to think about the following:
1. How could the author have made his/her argument stronger?
2. What are the weak points in the argument? What are the strong points?
3. Do you agree or disagree with the author’s conclusions?
You should support your critique with information from the reading you’ve chosen for
your research paper.
MLA Style
Your paper must be formatted according to MLA format.
You must include a works-cited page at the end of your paper.
You must include in-text citations within the body of your paper.
For more information about MLA style, you should view the Purdue OWL’s pages on
MLA: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/.
Mechanics, Grammar, and Punctuation
All written assignments should be mechanically and grammatically correct with proper
punctuation.
For more information on each of these, you should view the Purdue OWL’s General
Writing Resources page: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/.
Structure
The introduction should include a clear thesis statement. It should also clearly identify
the title of the article you’ve chosen and the author’s name.
Each body paragraph should have a clear topic sentence that relates back to the thesis.
The information in each paragraph should relate to the topic sentence. In the body
paragraphs, you may want to focus on individual points made by the author.
Before you begin writing, I recommend that you write an outline to organize your ideas.
Doing this will help you write a logical, well-organized essay.