Parts of Critique 1) Introduction - Introduce the author and title of the work. - State the author's main point ("take away") - State overall evaluation of the work (1-2 sentences) - Add background info for the reader, set the stage. 2)Summary Entire work or section of it. Written objectively to relate: 1)Author's overall point 2)Suppor provided for the overall point The goal of a summary (abstract): Provides author's thesis and main point untainted by opinion 3)Evaluation Criteria Accuracy of information Definition of key terms (or lack thereof) Hidden assumptions Clarity of language Fairness Logic and organization Common fallacies: name-calling, hasty generalizations, over-simplifications, emotional language 4) Response Where do I agree or disagree? What does the author get right or wrong? What ultimate merit/use does this work have? Would I recommend this work as a credible research source? Consider your response section a miniature essay. Your thesis is your opinion of the work. Your main points in this section support the view expressed in your thesis. 5)Conclusion Remind the audience of the overall importance of the topic Combine your rating with a personal response to focus on overall strengths and weaknesses. State what you believe is the ultimate success of the work.

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Absolutely brilliant. Very clear, concise, well explained and defined. I've learnt more from this short video about critical writing than countless lectures. Thank you very much!

All the points typed out. 1. A critique is an evaluation 2. Parts of a critique a. Introduction: i. Introduce author and title of work ii. State the author’s main point (take-way) iii. State in 1 to 2 sentences of your overall evaluation of the work. iv. Background info the reader needs to understand the work b. Summary i. Entire work or section of it whichever you are critiquing ii. Written objectively to relate: 1. Author’s overall point (takeaway) 2. Support provided for the overall point iii. Language written in third person and has none of your own ideas iv. Goal of summary (abstract) is to provide author’s thesis and main point without detecting any of your own opinion c. Evaluation (this is where you become a judge) i. Accuracy of information ii. Definition of key terms (or lack thereof) iii. Hidden assumptions iv. Clarity of language v. Fairness vi. Logic and organization (flow). Are there gaps? vii. Common fallacies 1. Name-calling, hasty generalization, over-simplification, substituting emotional language, black/white & either/or fallacy, bandwagon appeal d. Response: This is like a miniature essay. Your thesis is your opinion of the work. Your main points in this section support the opinion expressed in your thesis. i. What I agree or disagree with? ii. What does the author get right or wrong? iii. What ultimate merit/use does this work have? (a lot, some, a little, none) iv. Would I recommend this work as a credible research source? Should be avoided in your research. v. Use outside sources to backup your point in this section. e. Conclusion - doesn’t need to be long i. Remind audience of overall importance of the work ii. Combine your rating with personal response to focus on overall strengths and weaknesses of the work. iii. Use your ratings of strengths and weakness to state what you believe is the ultimate success of the work.

This has got to be THE BEST video explaining how to write an Evaluation Essay. It was professional, to the point and brief. Thank you so much! I appreciate you uploading this video. You must have some sort of business doing this for a living or are an Instructor or Writer, because this was excellent!

This clears my mind from the pressure of doing the critique. I no longer have to think if I do good or bad, if this is right or wrong. Thanks for the guidance, it was very helpful.

Watching this in 2020! Thank you so much, this has been extremely helpful

I bet you did very well. Next time, try asking the prof. for any example assignment response from a past student. Models help a lot.

Great to hear. Let me know anything else you need.

I have a final exam tomorrow for my Writing 101 course. We're going to read an article, and then right a Formal Academic Critique paper; and all this must be done in 2 hours. This video really helped refresh my mind on how Critiques are made! I remember also using it to write an assignment this semester, which I aced thanks to this! :) Great Video Mr. David!

Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart! My lecturer even recommended us to watch this video in assisting us to write a critique essay. You're great ;)

I am in a course that is entirely Critique-Based....I watch this every single time I'm writing the critique. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Thank you so much! You clarified this style of essay in nine minutes. My professor just directed us to her poorly worded writing prompt for three days straight. I appreciate your effort here.

Thank you - I wish you were my teacher. I was able to understand the breakdown and get started.

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This is an excellent example of a critique essay. Thank you David Taylor.

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THANKS DAVID TAYLOR. I had to go through several videos before I came to yours. Glad I kept searching.

Brilliant and well address all section learn lot from you .Thank you very much .

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Thank you so much, your step by step guide is the the best set of instructions I could find. You have definitely demystified a book critique and given me the confidence needed to write a critique.

You are welcome. Please let me know anything else you'd like to see on this channel that would help you.

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Thank you SOOOOOOO much for this post. I'm making notes for this.

This is actually soooo helpful! I always used to suck at writing essays, or critique essays, but all this info just made the process of writing them a whole lot easier!! Thanks so much David!

God bless you, sir, the way you explained things in this short video makes it much easier to understand than the way my university professor's 2-hour online lecture does. This video saved me and many others from failing. Thank you!

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Brilliant and very useful! At least way way better than my lecturer at university 😶

Few videos are about how to write an evaluation essay. But fortunately, we have this good one! THANK YOU!

This clarifies so much. I wish I had the outline slides to be able to quickly fill in the information. Thank you Mr. Taylor.

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Thank you very much for your valuable video and instructions. This is my reference guide whenever I write a critique.

I am training my critical reasoning ability. One of my professors recommended writing critical review essay as one of the best methods to achieve the goal. Thanks for the explanation! I hope I can really get used to critical thinking and reasoning by practicing it!

One of the best videos about critique essay! Simple yet packed with information which are quite hard to look for. The instructions, if followed by steps, would get any student high scores over a critique paper! Some english professors should play this video in class to help the students understand the essay pattern better, instead of confusing everyone with useless boring lectures!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Love this video! I have found it extremely useful. I was wondering if you would you consider giving me a little guidance on how to structure my essay? I can send the assignment brief to you if you're ok with that :) thanks!

Brilliant video. Thank you for helping me!

Thank you a lot David! I'm a Phd italian student, but not one, in my entire college carrer, taught me how to write a good critique essay. Your videos are great!

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Absolutely awesome!! Thank you so much!! I'm feeling very confident about completing this critique. Weight off my shoulders!! Clear, concise, plain language, great analogies. Awesome.

Awesome, Prof David! I've got a huge amount of help from your videos, including this one! Thank you!

That's incredible! Thank you for such an amazing video.

Thank you, David. This is a very systematic approach to criticize an essay/research.

Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge, the information was clear and easy to understand. Much love and respect!

Thank you now I can finish writing my essay I always feel so relieved watching your videos knowing I’ll get a good grade on my essay

Thank you so much. I didn't even know how to start this paper because I never had to write a critique article till now.

I think this is the best example of critique argumentative writing on KZfaq. Thank you so much.

The most helpful and great lecture solved all problems

I have never critiqued no sorry evaluated a journal before, I now have a formula to follow every time which is great, this video wasn't over complicated, it was straight forward and coherent and extremely helpful thank you so much David Taylor!

It's explained very well and is quite informative. Thx

Brilliant! Thank you very much! The mysteries of the critique demystified indeed!

Great to hear! Thanks.

Thank you for this framework. It is clear and to the point.

Thank you so much! After watching your video I completed an assignment, in less than 30 minutes, that I had been trying to understand for days with no luck.

This video just saved me from having to scrap countless hours of work!

Watching this in March 2019. Just about to start my written critique assignment. This video is so empowering, it makes me feel like I know what I'm doing already. Thank you!!!

Thank you so much David. Very enlightening, and I enjoyed every minute of it

Thank You! Great Video

Learnt more in this video then I learnt from an entire unit in my university course. You rock David Taylor!

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This one is really helpful to me Sir Taylor. Thank you for sharing your expertise in writing field. May Allah bless you.

The first sentences had me hooked!!! Thank you for breaking things down immediately!!

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Thank you for this informative video, I have a critical evaluation essay to be submitted in few days and structuring of this essay is pretty clear now! Thanks!

This man is a king now i can easily make 1000 words writing any essay

Wow amazing explanation and presentation thank you.

very helpful writing hints. Surely I will benefit of it. Many thanks.

David, thank you for teaching me how to write the best lit review for my Research in Psychology paper. My grad professor is a tough marker and I scored a 90! I'm about to write my 2nd article "evaluation" and I'm already excited at improving the quality of it through this tutorial! Thank you sir, Carmen

This is a short and clear explanation on how to write a critical essay. I am starting my critical written essay at Masters level and so far you have explained the process so well. Thanks

Really glad it worked for you!

This is the most helpful 9 minute video I've watched in my entire life. Thank you so much!

Oh gosh! Yes! I am so glad I came across your video. Our professor pretty much gave us the assignment and assigned us a chapter out of the "They Say I Say" book in order to learn how to write it 😱 he didn't really explain much but this video really helped!

For a 2nd year college like me, I now have a good grasp of writing a critique and I'm quite motivated to make one. I have 1 day to make a critique, I hope I can make it until the deadline for my school requirement.

Perfect video very helpful thanks

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Thank-you so much! The brevity and crispness of this lecture is appreciably good!

Very useful... Thanks

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an absolute fantastic video thankyou so much for uploading a month ago I did not know where to even begin with writing a critical essay I followed your guidance and got 70 out of 100 on my first essay now I'm doing a presentation where we have to critique too and I'm back again for a recap thankyou x

This is awesome tutorial ,I have ever seen before.Cleary,simple and awesome!!!

A wonderful and informative video! Very clear and easy to understand. Thank you so much!

Appreciate your help

Amazing, thank you so much for the thorough explanation. Much appreciated

clear, concise and learnt so much in 9 minutes; thank you that was lovely :)

Thank you Mr.Taylor for the most cogent explanation of this type of essay I've ever come across

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i spent a long time searching through the web for the meaning of article review. All that i saw made the whole thing quite complex for me.But watching and listening to your lecture have made me know that it's possible to write a good review.i am very happy. I can now start. Although writing has been a very difficultly thing for me . You are a teacher.

Hi David, thanks for the wonderful presentation.

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Very helpful David. I have used this several times to remind me of the steps and to adapt where required by academic necessity.