EN190 Journal Article Review 850 words Overview For this assignment, you will write an 850-word critical review of the below scholarly journal article. This assignment requires that you (1) summarize and (2) evaluate a scholarly text. Please read the article. Griffin, Farah Jasmine. “At Last. . . ?: Michelle Obama, Beyoncé, Race and History.” Daedalus, vol. 140, no. 1, 2011, pp. 131-41. Academic OneFile, http://go.galegroup.com.libproxy.wlu.ca. 2 Format and core features The review accomplishes two main things: it (1) summarizes the arguments, methods, and conclusions of the article and it (2) evaluates the article according to specific criteria or categories of response. As outlined in the rubric, this assignment requires you to demonstrate your ability to summarize and synthesize the ideas of (an) author(s) and respond, in turn, with your own cogent, critical evaluation of the text. Please use the “Critical Review Template” posted to My Learning Space as your guide in writing your review. In They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing, Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein explain that when you disagree in order to offer a critical response in academic writing, “you need to do more than simply assert that you disagree with a particular view; you also have to offer persuasive reasons why you disagree” (58). In order to turn your response to your selected journal article into an argument, provide reasons for your assertions and interpretations regarding the work. You can choose to organize your review according to four categories of response (59). While you can structure your criticism around more than one category, the review must be focused around one clear, cohering statement of evaluation that, in this assignment, is equivalent to a thesis statement. In your review, you can say that: 1) The argument overlooks relevant or significant factors • The author is misinformed about an issue • Does not adequately consider different or opposing points of view 2) The argument uses flawed, narrow, or incomplete evidence • The author leaves out or minimizes important evidence • Look at endnotes, footnotes, and the list of Works Cited: What sources are cited? How many sources? How diverse? Does the same material appear repeatedly? Does the evidence help support the argument? How well is evidence integrated in the article? 3) The argument relies on questionable assumptions3 • Bias manifested (cultural, disciplinary, personal) • Presumes unreasonable shared contextual knowledge in its audience (evidenced by use of jargon, many references to other scholars in the field, assumed common knowledge that is, in fact, obscure) 4) The argument’s logic is flawed, the argument is contradictory, and it fails to draw conclusions • Information or evidence is misrepresented or misinterpreted • Conclusions reached do not match arguments made • Fails to demonstrate significance or answer “so what?” and “who cares?” • Organization of ideas is ineffective or confusing The review should be formatted according to MLA Style (and double spaced in an easily readable 12- point font) with a list of Works Cited and saved.