(i.e. to inform, explain, educate, advocate, persuade or dissuade, sell a product or service, or serve as a soapbox?)

(i.e. commitment to a point of view, acknowledgement of bias, presentation of facts and arguments for only one side of a controversial issue, language full of emotion-arousing words and bias?)

• Read the abstract and/or introduction
• Examine the work for
  
  • Inflammatory language
  • Images or graphic styles (e.g., text in color or boldface type) to persuade you of the author's point of view
  • Propaganda
  • Author's arguments or supporting facts
  • Author's conclusions
  • Bibliography that includes multiple points of view

(i.e. reasonable assumptions and conclusions, arguments and conclusions supported by evidence , opposing points of view addressed, opinions not disguised as facts, cited sources authoritative?) (i.e. to inform, explain, educate,

• Verify facts and statistics with a reliable source
• Examine cited sources for authority and objectivity