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3. Against what criteria can the article be assessed?
4. What are the weaknesses of the article? 
5. What are the strengths of the article?
6. You may also want to take into consideration if the article is objective or subjective, if the au-
thor ignores relevant information thus distorting the facts; how well the author has achieved 
the overall purpose of the article
B. Writing
1. 
Write a draft of the review. Be mindful of the rules you have worked out in Ex. 32. 
2. The body of the review can be written on the following pattern: 
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an analytical summary of the main findings/arguments/conclusions of the article;
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strengths/usefulness of article;
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weaknesses/limitations of the article especially for your purposes;
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Or you might put these together so that each paragraph includes all three.
C. Revising
Use the following guidelines when revising your review.
REVISER’S CHECKLIST
A. Review as a whole
1. 
Does the review give accurate information about the author, date and article in the introduc-
tion?
2. Does the introduction summarize the purpose and the main idea of the article? 
3. Does the review show evidence of analytical thinking in the summary section?
4. Have a number of criteria been used to evaluates the article?
5. Does the review analyze both the strengths and the weaknesses of the article?
6. Does the review contain a final evaluation of the article?
7. 
Does the review use tentative language?
B. Vocabulary and style.
1. 
Does the review make sufficient reference to the author of the article?
2. Does the review make appropriate use of reporting verbs?
3. Does the review make appropriate use of summarizing vocabulary?
4. Does the review make appropriate use of evaluation vocabulary?
5. Does the re
view provide clear transitions between paragraphs?