1. The sections of the article, the order in which they are presented, and the content of each. Different fields and different journals have different customs here, and you should learn to tailor your own scholarship to the appropriate order of presentation.

For this exercise, write and hand in a section-by-section outline of each of the three articles we are analyzing in detail in the class.

2. The "scholarly paraphernalia" of an article--footnotes or end notes, references, bibliography, etc. Again, different fields and journals have different styles, and you should tailor your own writing accordingly.

For this exercise, you will need to print off and fill in one copy of the questionnaire for each of the three articles.

3. The illustrative material of an article--charts, tables, graphs, figures, pictures. In order to be useful, these must be properly presented, labelled, and captioned.

For this exercise, you should look closely at the tables and graphs in those articles that contain them, and write and hand in a brief evaluation: are the charts, graphs, tables, figures clearly labeled? Is it easy to discern the meaning of each one? Is each one necessary? Should there be more or fewer?

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