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CRITICAL EVALUATION ESSAY ASSIGNMENT
Task
Critical evaluation involves examining the elements of a text to determine its effectiveness and, ultimately, the overall effectiveness of the text in achieving its purpose. For this assignment, you will utilize what you’ve learned about critical thinking, source credibility, language use, and argument development to analyze the effectiveness of an instructor-provided article. Your evaluation should include an analysis of relevant counterevidence, so you will need to find a credible source that presents the counterargument.
You will accomplish the following objectives:
Analyze college-level and professional texts using critical thinking strategies
Develop information literacy skills by evaluating research and documenting information from sources
Compose an organized, coherent, and well-developed essay integrating summary and response
Process and Resources
This project involves the following steps:
Review the sample paper in What is a critical evaluation essay?
Read and annotate the assigned article.
Review principles of information literacy and APA formatting.
Locate supplementary written source(s) approved by instructor.
Complete Unit 4 planning for the essay (Parts 1 and 2).
Review Unit 4: Critical Evaluation Essay Rubric (250 points) so that you know how you will be assessed (Printable Rubric).
Complete and submit final Unit 4 Critical Evaluation Essay.
Optional: Watch this video (4:15 min.) for assignment instructions