LMCE 1022 Academic Com II: Critique Component
LMCE 1022 Academic Com II: Critique Component
LMCE 1022 Academic Com II: Critique Component
Academic com II
CRITIQUE COMPONENT
Purpose of a critique
http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/pdf/critical_review.pdf
CRITIQUE OR REVIEW?
REVIEW
Overall impression of
the article
From the perspective of
a reader
Can be very subjective
CRITIQUE
Analysis and evaluation
of the writers
work/writing
Focus on the technical
aspects
Objective
CONTENT
Critical readers are consciously aware of the choice of content.
They look at the content, at the evidence marshaled for an argument, the
illustrations used to explain ideas, and the details presented within a
description.
That uniqueness is defined by choices of content, language and structure.
They distinguish between assertions of fact, opinion, and belief.
They are aware whether evidence consists of references to published data,
anecdotes, or speculation, and they evaluate the persuasiveness of a text
accordingly.
LANGUAGE
.
Critical readers are aware of how language is being used. They notice
whether a text refers to someone as a "bean counter" (no respect) or "an
academic statistician" (suggesting professionalism), whether some is said
to have "asserted a claim" (with confidence, and no need for proof) or
"floated a claim" (without backing, as a trial balloon). And they draw
inferences from the choice of language they observe.
STRUCTURE