BOOK CRITIQUE

  

Book Critique Assignment Instructions

Overview

A book critique is an opportunity for a student to develop critical thinking and writing skills. The purpose of this assignment is to broaden your knowledge and understanding of a topic, and allow you to express it in a fair and academic way. This assignment will allow the student to select any of the five books from the Required Resources list on the course syllabus for their critique. 

Instructions

After reading the book of your choice in its entirety, begin writing your critique following these instructions: 

Your critique must include:

The books bibliographic entry at the top of the first page of text.

Turabian formatting for in-text, parenthetical citations.

1,000-1,200 words

3 main headings: Summary, Critique, and Evaluation. A description for what is expected in each heading is below.