Article Review

Guidelines of Writing an Article Review

The point of a review.

is to describe the book/article's content and argument(s) and to
[discuss] the presentation and its effectiveness, supported with
some quotations that illustrate the points you're making. A person
who has not read the [article] should be able to decide, from what you
have written, whether or not to read the [article].

To write an article review

Choose an article written for professionals.

Read it critically.

Summarize the content.

Evaluate the content.

Provide complete APA documentation.

1) Summarize the content

Give an overview.

Use more of your own words

than the authors.

Provide transitions (connecting words) and generalizations to help your

reader follow the content.

2) Evaluate the article

Questions you might consider:

What is the authors purpose?

Is the purpose achieved?

Does the author have any special credentials?

Do you find evidence of bias or inaccuracies?

How useful is the article?

How does it compare to others on the topic?

How do I organize it?

Introduction
any relevant background
about author or topic

Summary
overview of arguments

Evaluation
strengths/weaknesses of article
your reflections about the topic

Conclusion

Reference list (APA citation)

How do I start my review

without saying something clich and obvious like
The article I chose to write about is (yawn)

How do I end my review

without saying something predictable and obvious like
this is a good articleor this was fascinating (boring) (yawn)

For conclusions
Consider questions like

What would this article add

to readers knowledge of the
subject?

Was the author fair or biased?

What (if anything) makes this worth

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reading?