The document provides instructions for students to analyze two articles on the same topic. Students are asked to fill out a chart comparing key elements of the two articles such as the thesis statement, evidence used, statistics, tone, and rhetorical devices. They are then instructed to write an eight paragraph essay comparing the two articles using a topic sentence, supporting detail, and analysis structure for each paragraph. The document defines important terms to help students with the analysis such as thesis, diction, tone, appeals, inference, technical language, voice, and connotation.