critique

“What’s Wrong with the Way We Work” by Jill LeporeThe thesis for this critique must say to what extent the author succeeds or does not succeed in realizing his or her message and purpose of informing, persuading, or entertaining. Include how or why points in your thesis are true and significant. Doing so provides more assertion.Write 1,200 words. Stay within 25 words of 1,200. Word count does NOT include headers, title, or Works Cited page.Organize your critique into the following five sections:Introduction. Place your thesis as the last sentence in your introduction. Do not say in your introduction or your thesis whether you agree or disagree with the source essay’s thesis. One paragraph.Summary. What is the thesis and supporting ideas of the source essay? One paragraph.Assessment of the source essay. How effectively does the source essay achieve the author’s purpose? One paragraph.Your response to the presentation. Here, say to what extent you agree or disagree with the author and why. Use “I” sparingly, if at all. One or two paragraphs.Conclusion. Do not write “in conclusion.” Instead, begin the conclusion in an interesting way that connects to the main point of your critique. One paragraph.To develop content for critique, students should consider the following brainstorming questions:What is the author’s purpose? Is she or he trying to inform, persuade, or entertain? How can you tell? Note the places in the source text that show the author’s purpose.To what extent does the author succeed in realizing that purpose? What means does she or he use? Consider the author’s rhetoric.How is the argument structured?What assumptions does the author make?To what extent do you agree—or disagree—with the author? Why?What assumptions are you making? State them clearly.Context and Purpose: The audience for this critique are people who have not read the source essay yet but who are interested to read a detailed evaluation of its ideas. The critique will help shape how the audience thinks about the source essay and its subject. Writing a critique is important to help people articulate their response to someone else’s ideas.Genre and Disciplinary Conventions: Use MLA format and in-text citations throughout your manuscript and include an MLA Works Cited page. Every quotation and paraphrase should include a signal phrase. They should also have an MLA in-text citation (unless the source is on-line and unpaginated).Students find two outside sources to quote and paraphrase as evidence in support of their critique. Do not use Wikipedia as an outside source. One source must be from the databases at Santa Fe College’s library. These two sources must be about the content. The critical analysis must come from your own thoughts.Guidelines and RequirementsFollow ALL directions.Write 1,200 words.Present your essay in MLA manuscript format.Give your essay an interesting and original title.Introduction. Create a first sentence that catches a reader’s attention. Introduce the author with his or her full name, the title of the essay, and the author’s thesis. Include information on where and when the source essay was published. Place your thesis at the end of the introduction. Write eight sentences, including your thesis.Thesis. Form a one-sentence thesis that is assertive, specific, and responsive to the prompt. Remember that the thesis should not be an announcement, a list, a statement of fact, or a question. Place thesis as the last sentence of the introduction.Summary. Follow the Academic Summary Template. Since the author has been introduced, include his or her last name only in the topic sentence. Also include the title of the source essay and a paraphrase of the author’s thesis.Write assertive topic sentences that support the thesis in content and organization. Place a topic sentence as the first sentence of each body paragraph. Consider a topic sentence as a mini-thesis for a paragraph. Boldface thesis and topic sentences for identification in class work and the final essay.Develop body paragraphs that are unified and coherent. Begin with an assertive topic sentence. In the middle of the paragraph offer evidence that supports the topic sentence. Integrate quotations and paraphrases into your text with signal phrases and in-text citations. Finish the paragraph with a concluding sentence. (Do not say in conclusion or in summary or similar things.) A well-developed paragraph is usually eight sentences.Do not place ellipses at the beginning or end of a quotation. Do not use block quotations.Include paraphrases and quotations from the source essay being critiqued. Include two quotations from the source essay in the assessment and response to presentation paragraphs. Do not use quotations of only two or three words. Include one sentence for each quotation and integrate the quotation into the paragraph so that sentences read correctly. Find two outside sources to quote and paraphrase as evidence in support of the critique. Do NOT use Wikipedia as an outside source. One source must be from the databases at Santa Fe College’s library. In the essay, include three to five quotations from these additional sources.Before including a quotation, introduce each outside source with the author’s full name, the title of essay or article, an explanation of the author’s authority, and a one or two sentence summary of the source.ALL sources must be documented in MLA style including signal phrases, in-text citations, and Works Cited page. Missing or incorrect documentation may result in a failing grade.Use academic writing style.Proofread. Produce an essay that is substantially free of major errors of standard written English.Final drafts of essays should be presented in MLA manuscript format.In MLA style, sources are documented in a system that consists of signal phrases, in-text citations, and Works Cited page.