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= Article Evaluation =

The Story of an Hour: The Story of an Hour
I have chosen to work on this article because it does not have a featured or good article rating meaning it could use some improvement.

Lead
The lead provides a descriptive introduction to the story.

It features a good background of the story, but could use some improvement. The last sentence of the first paragraph is confusing since it introduces a different work of literature, but does not introduce what the work actually is and how it relates to "The Story of an Hour".

Content
Evidence used from the story are appropriately quoted, there isn't too much quoted material. One inaccuracy I noticed was that the article states that Louise was informed of her husband's death by Richards, when in fact she was informed by her sister, Josephine.

Not all quotes are integrated such as, "From the joy that kills," which is listed under the summary.

This article could use a more detailed plot summary rather than a few sentences of a general summary.

Everything in the article does relate to the article's topic, nothing is provided that is distracting. All of the information is also neutral and mostly factual. Most of the interpretations provided are from critics, however, the last paragraph under "Critical responses" seems to be an interpretation from the author of the article.

Structure
The structure of the page is fine, although it could use more sections with more content. I think that the Character's List should be placed above the Critical Responses section so that the reader has an understanding of the characters before reading the criticisms.

All of the links used do work and relate to the topic. The only links used however, are for the criticisms. The author of the article did not cite any of what they wrote about the story that isn't a part of a criticism.

Talk Page
This article is rated as Start-Class on the quality scale meaning that is a bit incomplete and it needs more meaningful content. The sources are reliable, but the article needs more related content. It is not listed that this article was a part of any WikiProjects.

Improvements That Could Be Made
1) Instead of including the publication history of the story under the lead section of the article, create a section that is "Publication History".

2) Including a more detailed plot summary rather than a few sentences.

3) Integrating the quote "From the joy that kills."