critical essay - parole

• What are the central arguments in the reading?
• What data sources and/or concepts does the author use to support the argument?
• What other lines of reasoning or thinking occur to you as a result of reading this selection? What is it about the chapters that interest you?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of the articles or book chapters? If you were studying this issue, what would you have done similarly or differently? 

 As you write your critical essay, you should select one or two concepts, issues, themes, problems, questions to orient your essay.