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DUE DATE: NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, FEB 15 WHAT: Article Critique LENGTH: 4 to 5 pages POINTS: Up to 10 You have abstracted an article for your first assignment. An abstract is simply a summary with no "value-added" can can be short. In this assignment, you will now critique that same article. To refresh what a critique is, review our Guidelines for critique. Your goal is to re-read the article that you abstracted in your first required assignment. Then, do a critique. DO NOT do it as a point-by-point short-answer from the guidelines. This is an essay in which you summarize the key points of the article and then assess the credibility of the argument, claims, theory, or whatever the author was doing. To get maximum points, you should cite at least one or two additional works to substantiate your own claims. Remember: Critique is NOT criticism. It's a reasoned and balanced assessment of a piece based on your own understanding of it and your ability to connect it to related issues.
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