Problem
1) Accurate and complete understanding of the readings: you should concisely exhibit that you can identify and explain the main arguments and methods of the readings
2) Analysis: the extent to which you synthesize the readings together to make an argument
3) This includes identifying the main arguments, methods, and conclusions of each, and describing how these relate across the readings.
Audrey Kurth Cronin. "How Al-Qaida Ends: The Decline and Demise of Terrorist Groups." International Security, 31(1):7-48, 2006.