How to analyze an article
Questions for analyzing the article:
a. What event led to the writing of the article?
b. What is the main idea of the article?
c. Select several facts/arguments (3 if possible) which support the main idea.
d. Does the author provide enough factual material to support his ideas (quotes witnesses, provides
statistics, states his sources of information? Was he an eyewitness to events; or was the information
obtained through a news service?
e. Is the reportage, in your opinion, true, balanced or biased? Explain.
f. Are different viewpoints presented? Is this article an editorial (author’s own ideas), is it informative,
is it convincing, is it balanced?
g. What do you think of the article and its point of view? Explain.