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How to Write a Review of a Scholarly Article
A review of a journal article examines a scholarly article’s strengths and weaknesses in terms of
what the article is attempting to accomplish. Your review should include description,
paraphrases, and your own analysis. Any analysis included should help readers to assess the
article’s value without having to necessarily read the articles themselves. To write a review
properly, you first need to read the article twice, at the very least. The assignment begins even
before you write it.
Prereading Exercise. Things to consider:
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Initial assumptions based on the title
Assumptions based on the sub-titles
Read the abstract. Initial thoughts?
Look over the References. Have you read any of the sources? Should you? What do they
indicate?
Search the Web for the author of the article. Is the author established in his/her field?
Does the author speak with authority?
First Reading Exercise. Things to consider:
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The article’s audience
The author’s purpose in writing
The author’s thesis or main argument
Second Reading Exercise. Things to consider:
• What information is fact? What information is opinion?
• What opinions are supported? How well are they supported?
• Is there a gap in information? In logic?
• Can you find instances of bias?
• Is the author successfully persuasive?
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The Writing Process
Citation:
The review begins with a complete citation of the article at the top of the page in APA 7th ed.
The first paragraph should contain:
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A thesis statement- What was the main idea of the article? Was the article successful at
what it set out to accomplish?
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An opinion about the article- Was the article valuable to your topic of interest?
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The author’s purpose- Why did the author or authors write the article?
Background information on the author (if relevant)- Is the author an expert in his/her
field? Etc.
The body of the review should contain:
• Points of argument to support your thesis
• Quotes and paraphrases from the article as pieces of evidence for each point; be sure to
use proper APA formatting for quotes & paraphrases.
The final paragraph should contain:
• A restatement of your thesis
• A summary of your review
weight
Rubric for Article Review
Exemplary
Effective
Minimal
Unsatisfactory
70
%
In depth
and wellorganized
content
Excellent
intro
paragraph
with all
required
component
s
Well
supported
points of
argument
Content is
adequately
organized and
comprehensive
Adequate intro
paragraph with all
required
components
Adequate points
of argument
Content is
minimally
organized
Basic intro
paragraph with
most required
components
Some points of
argument weak
and/or unclear
Content is not
organized
Incomplete intro
paragraph
Points of
argument
unrelated
Evidence of
plagiarism
Relevant to
subject matter
Article from
scholarly source
Minimal
relevance to
subject matter
Article may not
be from scholarly
source
Not relevant to
subject matter
Article is not from
scholarly source
Appropriat 20
%
e Article
Relevant to
subject
matter;
relevance
is
substantiate
d in review
Article
from
scholarly
source
Formatting
/
10
Grammar/ %
Mechanics
Zero
formatting
errors
Zero errors
in
grammar/
mechanics
1-3 formatting
errors or errors in
grammar/mechani
cs
4-7 formatting
errors or errors in
grammar/mechani
cs
8+ formatting
errors or errors in
grammar/mechani
cs
Criteria
Content of
Review
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