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GUIDE TO EVALUATION
Perspective
What stand does the writer take? What is the writers attitude?
You should identify the writers perspectives in your focus paragraph and when you subsequently discuss the writers ideas.
Cutter dismisses..
argues, asserts, believes, claims, posits, postulates, puts forward, supposes that
Neutral, less evaluative verbs that you can use
Argumentation
How does the writer argue his case? How valid, convincing or balanced is it?
You should identify the writers perspectives in your focus paragraph and when you subsequently discuss the writers ideas.
Point out an area the writer does not address (that the other does)
A writer may address the claims made in the other passage or by others
A writer may miss a pertinent consideration that would alter his thesis
Application
How relevant are the writers arguments to your context?
You should identify the writers perspectives in your focus paragraph and when you subsequently discuss the writers ideas.