The author's purpose of the passage is to critique Alice Sebold's novel, Almost Moon. The effectiveness of the structure of the argument is very effective, and stays consistent. The evidence given in the critique is the flashbacks in the character's life, and the unraveling of the puzzle at the first sentence of the book. I do not believe there is enough evidence to critique this harshly, but every critique is someone's opinion. Biases reached by the author are that she is an American literature philosopher, so she has her own opinions already assumed.

The author's purpose of the criticism written is about Sebold's use of omniscient narration in her book, The Lovely Bones. Alice Sebold uses this omniscient narration to discover the living's response to the dead, and the dead's response to the very same misfortune. The author of the book uses the character that actually died, to observe her family and show the effectiveness of her death.
The structure of the critiques argument was very structured. The focus was consistent, and the writing was very easy to interpret and understand. The evidence given in the critique in my opinion helped the author's case because she explains with quotes from the novel for evidence, as well as explaining the plot given, and showing the point of view of the character.
Conclusions reached by the author are that by using the technique of the omniscient narration, Alice Sebold can give readers a distinctive view point and provide depth and context where each character's grief and recovery can be interpreted by the reader.
Biases that may contribute to the author's purpose and conclusions could be that the author critiquing this novel is a reader herself, and likes the work of different viewpoints and narration. The author's explicit assumptions are that the viewpoints of the novel are positive for the themes involved in the text, and arguments brought up during the entirety of the novel.

Article Analysis Two
In the Literary criticism of Alice Sebold's writing, the criticism spoke of Sebold's reoccurring themes in her novels. The works share similar themes of rape, and the harshness on the lives of these women and their families. It is stated that she is praised for handling such dark material in honest, true, and easy ways to imagine without overdoing it.
The structure of the argument is consistent and explains why her themes are so positive, even though the views brought upon are very deep and unpleasant. The focus stays on topic throughout the article, critiquing her thematic ways.
In this article, in my opinion, there is not enough evidence to back up the opinions given. There are merely only statements from the author of the critique. One example would be, "Still, much of the literary world embraced The Lovely Bones as a lyrical and emotionally wrenching work." There needs to be more examples from the work, to understand the opinions given.
Conclusions reached by the author are that no matter the opinion, themes of rape and overcoming hardships are what Sebold tends to write about, and the controlled graphic point of view given by Alice Sebold helps explain her understanding on her own ideas.
The author's implicit assumptions about Sebold's writing are that she views it as a positive outbreak. The author believes that it is a great way for something so traumatic and horrible to be brought about, and viewed as something positive, to overcome the hardships. Some explicit assumptions stated are that Sebold's writing techniques are "unique, [and] untraditional, written with "originality of insight and expression."