Article Evaluation

analyze the feature stories and the techniques of storytelling, the story itself, and the writing style of the article.nuts-and-bolts analysis of the writing. Think of this as a critique of the work, an analysis of the form, and thinking about why what you read was included in the story. The assignment should include a description of the article and your evaluation of the authors writing style, research, sources included, storytelling technique, content, story subject, impact, what you did and didnt like, and any improvements you think the author could have made. As far as nuts and bolts you should consider these questions.
Briefly, what is the story about?
What type of lede is in this article? How does it preview what the rest of the story is about? Specifically, how?
Give examples of what you mean.
What sources were included in this article? Why do you think it was important to hear from these particular people
for this story?
Tell me about the quotes that were used. What do the quotes used add to the story? Which quotes made the
most impact on you? Why? Who said them? What do you learn about the person from them?
Did the writer try to recreate any scenes in the story? How did the writer try to put you in that scene? What senses
did the writer try to trigger? Was there dialogue?
How does the author handle moving the story in the sense of time? When does the story start? When, where
does the story end? Feature stories dont have to move chronologically. They dont have to begin when an event occurs. The story itself can begin as a flashback, a recreation of a scene. Or it can begin in the present day, after a character has gone through what theyve gone through, but the rest of the story re-tells how they got to the present.

ARTICLE LINK:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-an-ex-cop-rigged-mcdonalds-monopoly-game-and-stole-millions or https://bit.ly/2FddGGf

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