For your critique assignment, you will write a review of a book or article that you plan to use as a...

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For your critique assignment, you will write a review of a book or article that you plan to use as a resource for your research report.

To find a book, visit the NAIT library, the public library, or any bookstore, or look online in the NAIT library database. To find an article, do a search online or in the NAIT library database. If you choose to discuss an article, make sure that it is reasonably long and substantial, with some depth and interesting aspects in the content.

You will want to take some notes while reading the book or article. You need to have enough information to be able to give a broad overview of the main idea/argument of the work, as well as to discuss some details of how effectively the author presents his or her information.

Formatting:

· Maximum length: 700 words (if you think that you may need to make the critique longer, please let me know – I’ll look at your draft and see if there’s room to trim it or not)

· APA format (see the student paper format in the
JRSSB Style Guide
to see an example of the format)

· APA-style citations and references

Content:

· If desired, introduce the issue that the book or article discusses with an opener to “hook” your audience. This could be a provocative statement, a question, a short personal anecdote, recent news story, or interesting statistic. Your opener must be specific, not a sweeping generalization.

· Summarize the main idea/argument/points of the work. Explain why this information is relevant or interesting.

· Include a thesis statement with the main point or idea in your critique.

· In a series of paragraphs, evaluate the content of the article/book and the way the content is presented. You could comment on some (but not all) of the following aspects: content/ideas, the way the argument is developed, whether the advice presented is solid, organization, audience, writing style, tone, reading level, graphics/pictures/diagrams, layout.

· Conclude with an interesting or witty statement that clearly describes why the work is important or useful as a vehicle to inform the reader about this subject (or why it has failed to achieve its goals).

*Unlike our previous reflective writing, the critique is a formal academic essay. As a result, you are aiming for an objective tone, not a subjective tone. You will talk about “the reader” NOT “you” or “I”. You are presenting an objective evaluation of the work, not discussing whether you personally like it or think it is good or bad. You might use the pronoun “I” if you include a personal story in your introduction, but the rest of the essay will use third person pronouns (“the author,” “the reader,” “the audience”).

Anurag · Accepted Answer

Article Critique Assignment		4
ARTICLE CRITIQUE ASSIGNMENT 
Table of Contents
Introduction	3
Summary	3
Thesis Statement	4
Idea of the Article	4
Conclusion	5
References	6
Introduction
The article “Chinese Invasion-Should These Insect Immigrants Be Welcomed or Not?”, published in 2019, by the science journal Mother Earth News studies and explores the introduction of a non-native mantis species in the eastern region of the United States. Scientifically named as Tenodera sinensis, but generally called the Chinese Mantis prayer. The article addresses conflicting emotions about this unborn predator because he is a major killer of plant pests, yet the native mantis and other similar creatures can thus cause imbalance. The Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) is a native mantis that is struggling to compete with its alien counterpart, the Chinese Mantis, and it is difficult to find space for the Carolina Mantis as the Chinese Mantis population grows. Those who come across non-native mantis in their gardens are advised to move them rather than kill them, according to the report.
Summary
	Despite the fact that the text does not go into depth on how the Chinese Mantis was brought to the United States, they have spread over the eastern half of the country. The Chinese praying mantis, although being non-native, is considered to be terrific aggressive predators for garden pests, and gardeners prefer them to the native Carolina Mantis, according to the article. Furthermore, far than being a threat to plants, these nonnative predators help them greatly, according to the article. It further says that while the Chinese Mantis might be difficult to notice in gardens, they like to stay in the same location for lengthy periods of time.

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