How to Analyze Newspaper Articles title: include the full title of the article (also called the headline) author

How to Analyze Newspaper Articles
TITLE: include the full title of the article (also called the headline)
AUTHOR: give the author's full name; if there is no author given, indicate if the article is an editorial or from a foreign news source
NEWSPAPER: the full name of the newspaper from which the article is taken
DATE: the day the article appeared in the newspaper
SUBJECT: the overall topic that the article is describing, for example, "Toronto's Bid for the Olympic Games" or "Recycling".
THESIS: identify what the article is proving or arguing about the issue. Is it trying to convince readers to take a side? If so what opinion is it encouraging?
EVIDENCE: list examples in the article that help to convince the reader or inform them of the issue
SIGNIFIGANCE: explain why this issue is important and whom it may affect
3.2. Types or genres of “scientific writing” (activity -1)
Research article: “…an actual report of new work intended to introduce new knowledge into a specific field…can vary from a few pages to 20 pages or more.”
Letters/short communications: “…brief research papers, usually less than five or six printed pages.”

Commentary/forum: “. . . a brief, debate-oriented discussion. It may expand on earlier articles, seek to clarifyor offer criticism based on new work by the author(s).”
Letters to the Editor: “. . . technical responses to earlier published material. Such letters usually serve the purpose of debate and criticism.”
Review article: “. . . presents a critical survey or overview of recent research and thinking in a particular field. It is aimed specifically at keeping scientists up-to-date with findings in their own and related fields”.
Book review: “…monographs, edited collections of research papers, conference proceedings, and reference works,”
Editorial: “…opinion pieces on topics that might range from recent
Proposals: “. . . a proposal . . . is several things: a request (for interest and funding), an argument (for the significance of certain ideas), a blueprint (for work to be performed), and a promise (that the work will be done within specified limits).”
This is just a brief description of the most common types or genres of what we are calling “scientific writing,” i.e., the types of writing most often engaged in by scientists. Each type is governed by “rules” of grammar, format, and style, and each serves a particular purpose targeted for a particular audience.