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How To Write An Article Review
How To Write An Article Review
Different instructors use different terms for this kind of assignment, including
article review, article summary, and article critique. Moreover, each instructor will
probably have his or her own guidelines for writing an article review; however, some of
the more common elements of an article review are described below:
Generally, an article review is headed by a citation of the source being reviewed.
For instance, the top of the paper may look like this:
Name of Student
Date, Name of Class, etc.
Text of paper starts here and generally uses present tense to describe the article
(e.g., “This article contains the long-awaited results of Smith’s field study of butterflies in
Missouri.”).