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What is the author's thesis Are the main ideas actually related
to the thesis?
What main ideas are related to the
thesis?
Do key passages convey a message
different from the thesis?
What are the key moments or key
passages in the text?
What assumptions (about the sub-
ject or about culture) does the au-
thor make?
Are there problems or contradic-
tions in the essay?
What bothers or disturbs you about
the essay?
Where do you agree or disagree?
IV. Organization and Evidence
Where does the author preview the
essay's organization?
Where did you clearly get the au-
thor's signals about the essay's or-
ganization?
How does the author signal new sec-
tions of the essay?
Where were you confused about the
organization?
What kinds of evidence does the au-
thor use (personal experience, de-
scriptions, statistics, other authorities,
analytical reasoning, or other).
What evidence was most or least
effective?
Where did the author rely on asser-
tions rather than on evidence?
V. Language and Style
What is the author's tone (casual,
humorous, ironic, angry, preachy,
distant, academic, or other)?
Did the tone support or distract
from the author's purpose or mean-
ing?
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Are sentences and vocabulary easy,
average or difficult?
Did the sentences and vocabulary
support or distract from the purpose
or meaning?
What words, phrases, or images recur
throughout the text?
Did recurring works or images re-
late to or support the purpose or
meaning?
Remember that not all these questions will be relevant to any
given article or text, but one or two of them may suggest a direction or
give a focus to your overall response.
When one of these questions suggests a focus for your response
to the article, go back to the text to gather evidence to support your re-
sponse.
What is the author's thesis Are the main ideas actually related Are sentences and vocabulary easy, Did the sentences and vocabulary
to the thesis? average or difficult? support or distract from the purpose
or meaning?
What main ideas are related to the Do key passages convey a message
thesis? different from the thesis? What words, phrases, or images recur Did recurring works or images re-
throughout the text? late to or support the purpose or
What are the key moments or key What assumptions (about the sub- meaning?
passages in the text? ject or about culture) does the au-
thor make?
Remember that not all these questions will be relevant to any
Are there problems or contradic- given article or text, but one or two of them may suggest a direction or
tions in the essay? give a focus to your overall response.
When one of these questions suggests a focus for your response
What bothers or disturbs you about to the article, go back to the text to gather evidence to support your re-
the essay? sponse.
Where do you agree or disagree?
IV. Organization and Evidence
Where does the author preview the Where did you clearly get the au-
essay's organization? thor's signals about the essay's or-
ganization?
How does the author signal new sec- Where were you confused about the
tions of the essay? organization?
What kinds of evidence does the au- What evidence was most or least
thor use (personal experience, de- effective?
scriptions, statistics, other authorities,
analytical reasoning, or other).
Where did the author rely on asser-
tions rather than on evidence?
V. Language and Style
What is the author's tone (casual, Did the tone support or distract
humorous, ironic, angry, preachy, from the author's purpose or mean-
distant, academic, or other)? ing?
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