After reading Chapter 7 and the Barmore law review article, you should have a pretty good idea of whether you agree or disagree with Barmore’s ideas and why. In preparation for writing a full critique of Barmore’s article, create a thesis statement that presents your evaluative position and an outline that previews the elements of Barmore’s article you will discuss in detail in an effort to persuade the reader of your paper that your position is reasonable. (Keep in mind the key components of successful rhetoric as you compose your thesis statement.)

When writing a critique, it is often best to begin with the body paragraphs. Each body paragraph should be focused on one of the criteria for a good argument:

Organize the paragraph by “____ does/does not meet _____ criteria.” For instance, an article attributing the cause of childhood obesity to fast food restaurants might succeed in meeting one of the criteria (showing that the problem exists), but fail in meeting another of the criteria (showing that fast food is the only or primary logical cause of the problem).

Discuss how the writer succeeds/fails/has mixed results in this particular area, and then prove that your assessment is valid by referring to specific passages and analyzing why these passages mean what you say they mean. To use the same example, the writer might have succeeded in providing evidence by using statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and World Health Organization to document the rise in rates of obesity in children, but used fallacious reasoning by failing to take into consideration other causes of childhood obesity (sedentary lifestyle; genetic and metabolic factors).

Once you have gone through these steps for all of the criteria that indicate proper argumentation, construct a thesis that reflects your overall findings. “Article X is a success/a failure/only a limited success because it achieves/fails to achieve/only partly achieves its aim to _____.”

When you submit your thesis statement and outline to the Dropbox, turn in whatever parts of the introduction you have written as well; underline or highlight the thesis statement itself.

Required Criteria:

In addition to fulfilling the specifics of the Assignment, a successful paper must also meet the following criteria:

• Viewpoint and purpose should be clearly established and sustained.
• Assignment should follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.).
• Writing should be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful.
• Your work should display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics
• Appropriate APA citation style should be followed.
• You should also make sure to:

• Include a title page with full name, class name, section number, and date.
• Include an introductory and concluding paragraph and demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard English.
• Use examples to support your discussion.
• List all sources on a separate reference page at the end of your paper and cite them within the body of your paper using APA format.