English For Academic and Professional Purposes: Quarter 1 - Module 7: Critique
English For Academic and Professional Purposes: Quarter 1 - Module 7: Critique
English for
Academic and
Professional
Purposes
Quarter 1 – Module 7:
Critique
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What I Need to Know
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What I Know
Before we proceed to our lessons and activities, let us answer the following
questions to check first your prior knowledge by answering the pre-test below.
Encircle the letter of your answer.
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9. Below are the characteristics of an effective critique paper, except:
a. consistency
b. accuracy
c. subjectivity
d. objectivity
10. Which characteristic of an effective critique shows pointing out what the
creator or author of the work being evaluated has done well and what s/he
has not?
a. objectivity
b. balance
c. relevance
d. emphasis
2. A critique should point out the strengths of the work being evaluated,
not just its weaknesses and flaws
Lesso
n Critique Writing
7
A critique is a genre of academic writing that briefly summarizes and critically
evaluates a work or concept. Critiques can be used to carefully analyze a variety of
works such as: Creative works – novels, exhibits, film, images, and academic texts.
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What’s New
Hello, what have you done during pandemic moments? Have you been productive
staying at home? Now, let us begin our learning session with this activity.
Picture #1.
Picture #2:
Picture #3:
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Why?
Now that you were able to share your thoughts about the picture, let’s do self-
test to determine how far you have understood the ideas about concept papers. This
is not a graded activity. This is for practice only.
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Activity 2: Ask and Tell
1. What should the government do to address the problems that exist during the
pandemic?
3. Is caring a justifiable act to violate social distancing? What are your evidences?
5. Give your personal observation about the programs extended by the government
during the pandemic.
What is It
In your previous module, you have learned how to apply the principles of
writing reviews. This time, we will discuss how the writing of critique is done.
1. Organize your critical evaluations. These should form the bulk of your critique
and should be a minimum of three paragraphs. You can choose to organize your
critique differently depending on how you want to approach your critique. However,
you should devote a paragraph to each main topic, using the rest of the steps in this
section to develop each paragraph's discussion.
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• If you have three clear points about your work, you can organize each paragraph by
point. For example, if you are analyzing a painting, you might critique the painter’s use
of color, light, and composition, devoting a paragraph to each topic.
• If you have more than three points about your work, you can organize each
paragraph thematically. For example, if you are critiquing a movie and want to
talk about its treatment of women, its screenwriting, its pacing, its use of color
and framing, and its acting, you might think about the broader categories that
these points fall into, such as ―production‖ (pacing, color and framing, screenwriting),
―social commentary‖ (treatment of women), and ―performance‖ (acting).
• Alternatively, you could organize your critique by ―strengths‖ and
―weaknesses.‖ The aim of a critique is not merely to criticize, but to point out
what the creator or author has done well and what s/he has not.
• For example, if you are critiquing a song, you could consider how the beat or
tone of the music supports or detracts from the lyrics.
• For a research article or a media item, you may want to consider questions
such as how the data was gathered in an experiment, or what method a
journalist used to discover information.
3. Explain what types of evidence or argument are used. This may be more useful
in a critique of a media item or research article. Consider how the author of the work
uses other sources, their own evidence, and logic in their arguments.
• Does the author use primary sources (e.g., historical documents, interviews,
etc.)? Secondary sources? Quantitative data? Qualitative data? Are these
sources appropriate for the argument?
• Has evidence been presented fairly, without distortion or selectivity?
• Does the argument proceed logically from the evidence used?
4. Determine what the work adds to the understanding of its topic. There are a
couple of ways to approach this. Your goal in this section should be an assessment
of the overall usefulness of the work.
• If the work is a creative work, consider whether it presents its ideas in an
original or interesting way. You can also consider whether it engages with key
concepts or ideas in popular culture or society.
• If the work is a research article, you can consider whether the work enhances
your understanding of a particular theory or idea in its discipline. Research
articles often include a section on ―further research‖ where they discuss the
contributions their research has made and what future contributions they hope
to make.
5. Use examples for each point. Back up your assertions with evidence from your
text or work that support your claim about each point. For example, if you were
critiquing a novel and found the writing dull, you might provide a particularly boring
quotation as evidence, and then explain why the writing did not appeal to you.
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Writing the Conclusion Paragraph and References
1. State your overall assessment of the work. This should be a statement about
the overall success of the work. Did it accomplish the creator’s goal or purpose? If so,
how did it achieve this success? If not, what went wrong?
2. Summarize your key reasons for this assessment. While you should have
already presented evidence for your claims in the body paragraphs, you should
provide a short restatement of your key reasons here. This could be as simple as one
sentence that says something like ―Because of the researcher’s attention to detail, careful
methodology, and clear description of the results, this article provides a useful
overview of topic X.‖
4. Provide a list of references. How you present these will depend on your
instructor’s preferences and the style (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.) that is appropriate to your
discipline. However you format this list, you should always include all the sources
you used in your critique.
Critiquing Strategies
1. Give the fundamental data about the work. The primary section is first
experience with the work, and you should give the fundamental data about it in this
passage. This data will incorporate the creator's or maker's name(s), the title of the
work, and the date of its creation.
For a work of fiction or a distributed work of news-casting or exploration,
this data is typically accessible in the distribution itself, for example, on
the copyright page for a novel.
For a film, you may wish to allude to a source, for example, IMDb to get
the data you need. In case you're investigating an acclaimed work of art, a
reference book of craftsmanship would be a decent spot to discover data
on the maker, the title, and significant dates (date of creation, date of
presentation, and so on.).
2. Give a setting to the work. The kind of setting you give will differ dependent on what
sort of work you're assessing. You should expect to give the peruser some comprehension
of what gives the maker or creator may have been reacting to, however you don't have to
give a thorough history. Simply give your peruser enough data.
• If you are assessing a painting, giving some short data on where it was
first shown, for whom it was painted, and so forth., would be helpful.
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• If you are evaluating a novel, it could be acceptable to discuss what class
or artistic convention the novel is composed inside (e.g., dream, High
Modernism, sentiment). You may likewise need to incorporate insights
regarding the creator's history that appear to be especially pertinent to
your scrutinize.
• For a media thing, for example, a news story, think about the social and
additionally political setting of the news source the thing originated from
(e.g., Fox News, BBC, and so forth.) and of the issue it is managing (e.g.,
migration, instruction, amusement).
3. Sum up the maker's objective or reason in making the work. This component
ought to consider what the proposal or motivation behind the work is. In some cases,
this might be obviously expressed, for example, in an examination article. For
different writings or inventive works, you may need to define what you accept to be
the maker's objective or reason yourself.
• For inventive works, you might not have an explanation from the creator
or maker about their motivation, however you can frequently deduce one
from the setting the work involves. For instance, in the event that you
were looking at the film The Shining, you may contend that the producer
Stanley's Kubrick will likely point out the helpless treatment of Native
Americans on account of the solid Native American topics present in the
film. You could then present the reasons why you believe that in the
remainder of the paper.
4. Sum up the central matters of the work. Depict, quickly, how the central
matters are made. For instance, you may discuss a work's utilization of characters or
imagery to portray its point about society, or you could discuss the exploration
questions and theories in a diary article.
• For model, on the off chance that you were expounding on The Shining,
you could sum up the primary concerns thusly: "Stanley Kubrick utilizes
solid imagery, for example, the position of the film's inn on an Indian
cemetery, the naming of the inn "Disregard," and the steady nearness of
Native American fine art and portrayal, to point out watchers' America's
treatment of Native Americans ever."
5. Present your underlying evaluation. This will fill in as your proposition explanation
and should make a case about the work's overall adequacy and additional handiness. Is
your assessment going to be essentially certain, negative, or blended?
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writers' cases. You may likewise wish to study the exploration technique,
if there are clear blemishes present.
• For imaginative works, consider what you accept the creator or maker's
objective was in making the work, and afterward present your appraisal
of whether they accomplished that objective.
1. Question whether the essayist's general message is sensible. Test the theory
and contrast it with other comparative models.
• Even if a creator has done research and cited regarded specialists,
investigate the message for its reasonableness and certifiable application.
• Examine the creator's acquaintance and end with ensure they coordinate
as persuading and reciprocal components.
3. Think about the creator's translations of different writings. The writer makes
a case about another's work, perused the first work and check whether you concur
with the examination given in the article. Complete the understanding is clearly
redundant or even likely; yet consider whether the creator's translation is solid.
• See what different researchers need to state. In the event that few
researchers from assorted foundations have a similar supposition about
a content, that assessment ought to be given more weight than a
contention with little help.
4. Notice if the creator refers to deceitful proof. Does the creator refer to an
immaterial book from fifty years prior that no longer holds weight in the current order? If
the author cites unreliable sources, is greatly diminishes the credibility of the article.
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word decisions and the writer's tone all through the article. This is especially useful
for non-logical articles managing parts of writing, for instance.
• Always look into the meanings of new words. A word's definition can
totally change the significance of a sentence, particularly if a specific
word has a few definitions. Question why a creator picked one
specific word rather than another, and it may uncover something
about their contention.
6. Question research techniques in logical articles. If critiquing an article
containing a scientific theory, be sure to evaluate the research methods behind
the experiment. Ask yourself inquiries, for example, these:
• Does the creator detail the strategies completely?
• Would another gathering have the option to copy the test being
referred to?
• Is the test noteworthy for that specific field of study?
7. Burrow profound. Utilize your current information, taught assessments, and any
exploration you can assemble to either uphold or differ with the writer's article.
Give exact contentions to help your position.
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8. Recall that a study doesn't need to be altogether certain or negative. An
author scholarly evaluates and never differs with the creator; rather, they
expand upon or confuse the creator's thought with extra proof.
2. Provide evidence for your argument in the body paragraphs of your critique.
Each body paragraph should detail a new idea or further expand your
argument in a new direction.
• Begin each body paragraph with a topic sentence that summarizes the
content of the paragraph to come. Don't feel like you have to condense the
entire paragraph into the topic sentence, however. This is purely a place to
transition into a new or somehow different idea.
• End each body paragraph with a transitional sentence that hints at, though
does not explicitly state, the content of the paragraph coming next. For
example, you might write, "While John Doe shows that the number of cases
of childhood obesity is rising at a remarkable rate in the U.S., there are
instances of dropping obesity rates in some American cities." Your next
paragraph would then provide specific examples of these anomalous cities
that you just claimed exist.
3. Complicate your argument near the end of the critique. No matter how solid
your argument is, there is always at least one dramatic way in which you can provide
a final twist or take your argument one step further and suggest possible
implications. Do this in the final body paragraph before your conclusion to leave the
reader with a final, memorable argument.
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• You might, for instance, utilize a counterargument, in which you anticipate
a critique of your critique and reaffirm your position. Use phrases like
―Admittedly,‖ ―It is true that,‖ or ―One might object here‖ to identify the
counterargument. Then, answer these possible counters and turn back to
your strengthened argument with ―but,‖ ―yet,‖ or ―nevertheless.‖
What’s More
You have already gained insight about writing a critique. This time, do the following
activities to make your learning experience productive and meaningful. Do this
activity independently.
Choose one picture from Activity 1 and write down your evaluation observing the
principles in writing 3-body paragraphs.
1. Organize each paragraph by point: critique how the picture is illustrated
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2. Organize each paragraph thematically: critique how the picture’s message is
communicated
Directions: Read the given article below and make a critique applying the concepts
and principles in making a critique.
In any emergency, pioneers have two similarly significant duties: tackle the
prompt issue and shield it from happening once more. The Covid-19 pandemic is a
valid example. We have to spare lives now while likewise improving the manner in
which we react to episodes as a rule. The primary point is additionally squeezing,
however the second has pivotal long haul outcomes.
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Answer the following:
2. Identify the methodology utilized by the author in presenting his views on the issues.
3. What are the evidences presented and give its shortcomings or limitations?
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Assessment
Directions: Read each questions carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer
and write it on the space provided before each number.
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8.Which of the following is considered a good critique?
a. discusses the weaknesses of the text
b. presents the ideas objectively and fairly
c. focuses only on the good points of the text
d. evaluates one part of the text
10. Rowell needs to write a critique of an article but he does not know
how. Which of the following should he do?
a. He should find a familiar essay
b. He should summarise the essay
c. He should analyse the essay
d. He should paraphrase the essay
------- 12. Which characteristic of an effective critique shows pointing out what the
creator or author of the work being evaluated has done well and what s/he has not
a. objectivity
b. balance
c. relevance
d. emphasis
13. What academic writing requires you to analyze and identify the strengths
and weaknesses of an article?
a. article critique
b. book review
c. literature review
d. essay
------- 15. Mae is critiquing an academic text. Which of the following should she
include in her critique?
a. whether the arguments are logical
b. whether the text is interesting
c. whether the text is for kids and adults
d. whether the text is informative
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Additional Activities
Direction. Write a critique about the caricature below observing the principles in
critiquing. Write your critique on a whole sheet of paper.
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