Analysis of a Written Argument

Full Sail University

ENC1102: English Composition II

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Assignment: Argument Analysis Worksheet

First, read the assignment directions, which are separate from this worksheet. Then complete this worksheet by answering the questions below. Your answers should appear in green font. (If for some reason they do not, that is fine.) When you are finished, upload the completed document.

1. What is the title of the article?

2. Paste a link to the article below.

3. Who is the author of the article? If the article has no author, do not use it unless it appears on an editorial page. If that is the situation, write “(Name of publication) editorial staff.”

4. What do you know about the author? Often, information about an author is at the end of the article. If you can’t find it in the publication, do an Internet search using the author’s name and see what you can find. If the author has a common name, put “writer” or “journalist” after their name to narrow down the search. It is important that the author of the article be a credible, reliable source, so make sure in your answer to provide evidence that the author is indeed reliable. Even if the author is an editorial staff, you could find the names of the editors and provide information for them. Provide an APA-formatted citation for the source where you found information about the author.

5. Below, write an APA-formatted citation for the article you are writing about (the argument). Make sure to use a hanging indent in the citation. If you aren’t sure how to do this, view the video in References about formatting an APA paper. This citation should appear as it would in the references list—this should not be a parenthetical in-text citation.

6. What argument is the writer presenting? Find the statement where the author states the argument and copy it here. Put an APA-formatted in-text parenthetical citation after the statement, and put the statement inside quotation marks.

7. What situation prompted the author to write this article? If you need to research to find information, provide APA-formatted citations for that research.

8. Find at least two supporting statements the author uses to defend his/her argument and copy them here. Add an APA-formatted in-text citation after each statement.

9. Provide at least two reasons, with explanations for those reasons, why you disagree with the argument presented in the article.