Research-Driven Critique Essay Draft Template

Introduction
Hook or inciting idea; background context; main source; provisional thesis

Response Segment 1 - First claim critiquing the main source

Textual evidence from primary source; textual evidence from secondary sources

Response Segment 2 - Second claim critiquing the main source

Textual evidence from primary source; textual evidence from secondary sources

Response Segment 3 - Third claim critiquing the main source

Textual evidence from primary source; textual evidence from secondary sources
Conclusion
Restatement of the thesis; new questions; concluding statement