EVALUATING THE AUTHORS REASONING ARTICLE: MERDEKA

365 DAYS A YEAR

CRITERIA/ITEM
Issue

ANALYSIS

OPTIONA

ORY ITEMS

L ITEMS

Patriotism should be unfurl true

within us each and every day of

Argument (PoV)

the year.
Patriotism should be unfurl true in

Bias/Assumption

our lives 365 days a year.

Reverence,
independence,

s
Tone

racism, disunity
Enthusiastic,

Intended

nostalgic
Malaysian

Audience
Supporting

-Datuk Peter Velappan

Details

COMPULS

b
f

passionate,

i
j

Support -Merdeka radio broadcast in 1970

(Relevance)

-Indonesian confrontation in the

Support

1960s
Incomplete

(Completeness)

does not show any argument

Support

from the other sides.

We should shift our thinking a

(Objectivity)

little.

(Validity)

neither as a single day nor as a

article;

Lets

look

the

at

c
d(i)

article
d(iii)

Merdeka

set of rituals but as a set of

values that help define the thread
that binds the 30 million of us
together,

our

identity

d(ii / iv)

as

Malaysians (Paragraph 4).

- The writer has stated her own
objective in this article, and it is
Inference/

also valid with the title.

Paragraph 26:

Conclusion

Every day is Merdeka, if we free

ourselves

from

shackles

and

Support

embrace Malaysianness.
This is a shame and a loss to us

(credibility)

all. Tunkus values deserve to be

far more than grainy black and

white

(Paragraph

8)

lack

support
These are selected bits of Tunkus
life and wisdom that I personally
find

timeless

and

inspiring

(Paragraph 9).
- Personal opinion, lack support.
At the moment midnight struck
on Aug 31 1957, he adopted all

d(iv)