2A -

Strengths- in one paragraph

• Range of different types of evidence: facts, opinions and anecdotes (quote examples from source)
• Minimal emotive language
• Evidence is relevant
• Not entirely based on opinions/anecdotes/judgements (in limited amounts)
• Unbiased source of information (eg: newspaper)– no vested interest
• Expert opinion/ testimony
• Numerical data from reliable sites (qualitative data supported with statistics)
• Cited effectively/adequately
• Well structured and easy to follow
• Uses many examples
• Direct language

Weaknesses-in second paragraph

• Bias/ vested interest
• Source not sufficiently cited (level of expertise/ qualifications of author are unknown- name and date- is it a credible source?)
• The evidence is not easy to verify/check from the information provided
• Outdated evidence
• No statistics/ quantitative data (harder to verify)
• Over reliance on opinions