Assignment

Few tips for your review article.

1. Make a clear distinction between the introduction, the summary of the book, and your evaluation. It's a good idea to label these formally.

2. Discipline yourself to focus on one thing at a time. Don't mix your intro with the review. Don't mix your evaluation with the review.

3. Your intro should set the context for the review. This is your chance to hook the reader by dangling something interesting in front of the reader that will persuade the reader that this book will address an issue the reader is interested in.

4. The review portion should identify up front the theme or thesis of the author of the book. It should then explain how the author supports or develops the theme as the book progresses. When the reader is done reading this section he or she should have a very good sense of what the book is about and how the author of the book develops and supports his or her arguments.

5. The evaluation should focus on explaining how well the author does or does not develop his or her arguments. Some examples you might address are:

• Are the arguments of the book coherent?
• Are the arguments well supported?
• Is the information presented in the book true or reliable?
• Is there relevant information the author does not present which would lead to a different conclusion?

6. When you introduce sources it is often helpful to provide some identifying information about the source so that the reader of your review has some context to judge the relevance and reliability of the source.

7. The review article should be coherent and the points should follow logically. There should be a connection between your introduction, what you focus on in the review and your evaluation.

Text Book: Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan by Ahmed Rashid.
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