User:KatieLawee/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Yaa Gyasi

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article because Yaa Gyasi's works fit the themes of our class. She is a talented Ghanaian-American author that I have read and am personally interested in. My primary impression is that this article is well-written.

Evaluate the article
This article is well-developed, easy to read, and concise. This being said, I have a couple suggestions to improve the introduction.


 * I think it is important to include a summarizing sentence about Yaa Gyasi’s major themes as a writer in the introduction. This could read something like, “Yaa Gyasi’s works focus on themes of African diaspora and family lineage.”


 * The lead section feels a bit overwhelmed with information from the “Awards” section. I think a statement like, “Her debut novel Homegoing, published in 2016, won her numerous awards and acclaim as a young author” could replace all of the individual awards listed in the introduction. This way, the lead section would be a more balanced overview of the coming sections without too much detail.