Miles Kim

CR Analysis
Type:

What?

Why?

Topic

What is the subject of

text?

Why did the author

choose this to study?

Main Point

What is the overall

MP? [MP: Topic + Tone
+ Why?]
What is the tone of
the text?

Why does the author

feel this way about
the subject?
Why does he
respond like this?

Purpose

What is the authors

purpose?

Presentation of Ideas
(Body PP)

How does the writer

develop ideas?

Why does he choose

this purpose? What
effect does it create?
Why does he use
these methods of
development?

Arrangement (Map of
Body PP)

How does the author

arrange ideas?

Why did he map his

ideas this way?

Syntax (Phrases)

What sentence
structure does he
use?
What transitions are
used to make the
passage flow?

What effect does

using this style have?

Tone

Transitions

What role do
particular transitions
serve for the author?