practical research

1. ENGLISH FOR
ACADEMIC AND
PROFESSIONAL
PURPOSES

2. How to Write a Critique Paper
Step 1. Critical Reading
Attentively read the literary work.
- while reading, take notes and underline the essentials.
Find or formulate the author’s thesis.
- what is the principal argument? In an article, it can be found first paragraph.
- in literary work, formulate one of the themes.
- in painting, find out what feelings, emotions or ideas the artist attempted to
project.
Make a summary or synopsis of the analyzed text.
- one paragraph will do.
- the point is to explore the gist.

3. How to Write a Critique Paper
Step 2. Analyzing the text
After reading, ask yourself the following questions:
1. What was your emotional response to the text?
2. What techniques, images, or ideas made you feel so?
Find out the authors background.
- which experiences made them raise such as thesis?
- what other significant works have they written that demonstrate the general
direction of thought of this person?
- are the concepts used correctly in the text?
- are the references reliable, and do they sufficiently substantiate the author’s opinion?

4. How to Write a Critique Paper
Step 3. Drafting the Essay
- Write a brief overview of the text you’re analyzing.
- Formulate a thesis statement, one sentence that will contain your opinion of the
work under scrutiny.
- make one-paragraph summary of the text.

5. Critique Paper Template
• Introduction
• Summary
• Main Body/ Critical Evaluation
• Conclusion

6. Critique Paper Template
•Introduction (Paragraph 1)
- Start with an introductory phrase about the domain of the work.
- Tell which work you are going to analyze, its author, and year
of publication.
- Specify the principal argument of the work under study
- in the third sentence, clearly state your thesis.

7. Critique Paper Template
•Summary (Paragraph 2)
- Here you can insert the summary that you had wrote.
- No summary can be written in the main body.

8. Critique Paper Template
•Main Body (Paragraph 3-5 or more)
- use one paragraph for every separate analyzed aspect of the
text (style, organization, fairness/bias, etc.).
- each paragraph should confirm your thesis (whether the text is
effective of ineffective.
- each paragraph shall start with a topic sentence, followed by
evidence, and concluded with a statement referring to the thesis.

9. Critique Paper Template
•Conclusion (the last paragraph)
- provide a final judgement on the effectiveness of the piece of
writing.
- Summarize your main points and restate the thesis, indicating that
everything you said above confirms it.