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$1.)$ What date was the article published? Is that current enough for the topic? Defend your response.

$2.)$ Who wrote the article? Is this person$/$are these people qualified to write on this topic? Defend your response.

$3.)$ Is information in this article cited or is there information in the article that comes from other sources? Defend your response by quoting something from the article and describing what type of source the information came from.

$4.)$ What is the main take$-$away from the article? $($one sentence only$)$

$5.)$ Provide $4$ specific details quoted from the article that would support your take$-$away statement.

$6.)$ What is the purpose of the article? $($informative$,$ persuasive, opinion$-$based, sales pitch, entertainment, reporting research, summarizing research$)$ While you may think it is doing multiple things, pick the one and best response. Defend your choice using information from the article $(2$ pieces of evidence$).$

$7.)$ What kind of controversy do you glean about this topic from the article? Is it scientific or societal based? Justify. $($Note: saying $\text{'}$no controversy' is not an appropriate response.$)$

$8.)$ Justify why this article would or would not fit each of the following $($using information from the article$).$

a$.)$ primary literature

b$.)$ peer$-$reviewed

c$.)$ reporting research

d$.)$ secondary literature

e$.)$ reporting an event

f$.)$ summarizes a topic

$9.)$ Using your responses to the items $1-8$ above, justify how much authority you feel this article carries on the topic. This is really asking you to consider the role of qualifications of the author$($s$)$ and any agendas.

$10.)$ Using your responses to the items $1-9$ above, justify the reliability $($accuracy and truthfulness$)$ of the information in the article.