Question

Please help. i need someone to do this for me, make sure to include the article you used and make sure to do the key term please hurry. Evaluate an informational text you find on your own, whether at the library or online. First, make sure you understand the text by objectively summarizing its content and structure. Then, use inference to identify the text's purpose, perspective, and central idea before evaluating how well the author achieves the purpose and communicates the central idea. Finally, evaluate how effectively the author develops two or more smaller ideas that fall under the central idea in the text. Key Term...

inference

objective

subjective

1. Pick an informational text to evaluate. You can look online or in a library. In the space below, write information about the text that will help your teacher find it later.







2. Objectively summarize the informational text you chose for question 1. Describe both the content and the structure without giving your opinion and without going into too much detail.









3. Use this space to summarize the perspective, purpose, and central idea of the informational text you chose for question 1. For each, explain the evidence that helped you make your inferences.

Perspective:



Purpose:



Central idea:



4. Now evaluate how well the author achieves the purpose of the informational text and communicates the central idea — through prose, graphics, text features, or other elements. What might the author have done differently to make the text more effective?





























5. Identify and describe at least two smaller ideas in the informational text you chose.





6. Evaluate how well the author uses prose, text features, graphics, or other elements to develop the smaller ideas you identified in question 5. Compare and contrast the ways the author develops these ideas. Decide which idea is better communicated and why.

Answer 1

The informational text I chose is called "What Kind of People Are Good Doctors?" by Dr. Robert J. Brody, published in the September 28, 2002 edition of the New York Times.

The text is structured as a personal essay, with Dr. Brody reflecting on his personal experience as a new doctor, and then discussing the qualities that he believes make a good doctor. The text has a persuasive tone, and its purpose is to convince the reader that the qualities of a good doctor are more important than their technical knowledge and diagnostic abilities. The central idea of the text is that the qualities of empathy, kindness, and selflessness are what makes a good doctor, rather than just being technically competent.

To evaluate how well the author achieves the purpose of the text and communicates the central idea, we can see that Dr. Brody uses personal anecdotes to illustrate his points and provide examples of the qualities he is discussing. He also uses rhetorical questions and strong language to emphasize his point. The author could have been more effective by including some research or studies to back up his statements and provide more evidence to support his argument.

Two smaller ideas that the author develops are that a good doctor should be able to empathize with their patients, and that a good doctor should be able to show kindness and selflessness. To develop these ideas, Dr. Brody gives examples of how he has demonstrated these qualities in his own practice. He uses anecdotes to show how he has gone the extra mile to help his patients, and how a compassionate approach has helped him diagnose and treat his patients more effectively. He also gives examples of how he has shown kindness that goes beyond the purely professional, such as making sure his patients have a ride home from the hospital. The author does a good job of developing both of these ideas, and both are effectively communicated.