Assignment:
The Africana Experience
Review the book: Things Fall Apart by CHINUA ACHEBE
Requirement of Book Reviews :
To develop/refine critical thinking, analytic and writing skills, you will be required to write a two-page review of Achebe's Things Fall Apart.
You will be penalized for having less than or exceeding 2 pages.
• Each book review essay must include the following:
o Any essay missing the writer's name (student's name) will be rejected and deemed a missed assignment.
o The title of your review essay should be: the author's last name followed by a comma, the author's first name followed by a colon (:) and title of the reading reviewed (e.g., Achebe, Chinua: Things Fall Apart). This title should then be underlined.
o You may also move the two items above to a title page. The title page formatted this way will not count toward the page requirement.
o Essay must be saved and submitted as a Microsoft Word Document. Essay submitted in any other format such as pdf, rtf, .Pages and others will not be evaluated.
• Formatting Guidelines for Book Review essays:
o Use, 1" margins, Times New Roman 12 point font-type and size, and double-spaced.
o Essays must be saved and submitted into the ASSIGNMENT folder as Microsoft Word document. Essay submitted in any other format (e.g., PDF; .pages; .rtf) will not be graded. You may then resubmit the assignment for half credit during the rewrite period.
o The length requirement for this assignment is TWO (2) pages. This length requirement excludes a title page or Works Cited, if used. You will be penalized for exceeding or having less than two pages.
General Book Review Guidelines
1. What is the subject matter of the reading? You may start with a broad contextualization of the subject matter, main idea, or argument.
2. What are the salient and auxiliary ideas, issues, and/or arguments? These two pointers will guide you in crafting an introduction.
3. Discuss each of the salient points/issues and their supporting facts or arguments.
4. Do you find these arguments, discussions, and expositions convincing?
5. What knowledge or experience of the issues, ideas, or events discussed in the reading do you have that supports your position above?
6. Evaluate the organization of the reading. Is it easy to understand?
Your essay should be free flowing using full sentences and paragraphs to structure and organize your thoughts and ideas.