crictal thinking and summary on article

At its core, the mission of first-year composition (FYC) programs is to engage students in literacy education. Historically, the definition of literacy pertains to the degree of success students have with reading and writing. Though the mediums through which we communicate have vastly changed, particularly since the turn of the century, the university continues to privilege literacy in the traditional manner. Therefore, in your college course, you will be asked to read (a lot) and to write (a lot). When you read, you should be able to understand the material, and summarize its main points. A summary, therefore, is not an analysis; a summary is essentially recapping the main arguments of an article in your own words in order to demonstrate your understanding of the material. Analysis could be thought of as summary’s counterpart: once you’ve read the text and understand its argument, it’s time for you to think critically about that argument, pick it apart to find its flaws and inconsistencies, and to make a statement regarding whether or not you are in support of the argument the author is making.

In this assignment, you will engage in both a summary and a critical response of an article of your choosing. This article should be print-based, argumentative, scholarly, and of an appropriate length relative to the work being done in your particular field.

Once you’ve selected your article, you’ll craft a document in which you will summarize the main points/arguments and then proceed to analyze them. Do they work? Do they make sense? If so, why? If not, why not? Do you agree with the argument? Are there fallacies? These are the questions you should consider as you move into analysis.

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