Critique paper - an academic writing genre that requires you to carefully study, summarize, and critically analyze a study, a book, journal article, and artwork - include a critical evaluation of the item under reflection - parts: INTRODUCTION, BODY and CONCLUSION
introduction - name of author and work - describe the general overview of the study and summary of author's argument - explain the context in which the work was created - focusing (or thesis) sentence indicating how you will divide the whole work for discussion or the particular elements you will discuss - have a concluding sentence that signposts what your evaluation of the work will be - for instance, it may indicate whether it is a positive, negative, or mixed evaluation
introduction - begins with a description of the article (name of author and work). - provides a general overview of the subject and a summary of the author's argument. - answers the questions: Why are you critiquing? Why is it important? - make general references to the literature of the study - do not include evidence or your argument – this will come in the main body - should help give you the structure of your main body
body - give a systematic and detailed assessment of the different elements of the work, evaluating how well the creator was able to achieve the purpose
body - Each paragraph should contain a new idea that would expand your argument. - Include your evaluation and position on research design, research methods, results analysis, author’s conclusions, and contribution to the literature. - You may use phrases like 'admittedly', 'it is true’, or 'one might object here' and then strengthen your argument with words like 'however', 'but', or 'nevertheless'.
conclusion provides a (brief) summary of the main points that you have made and re-affirm your position (overall interpretation) suggests potential improvements to the research and ideas for further research
REMEMBER! that when you do a critique you must choose an article that is within your (topic of) interest . Further, an excellent critique paper enables one to point out not just the good points (values) of the study but also its shortcomings (bad points).
Critique Paper Example Quarter 2
EXAMPLE #1
SAMPLE COVER PAGE “Title of the Research Paper Critiqued” Name and Section here