What is Critiquing?

Critiquing is something that you do everyday but you’re just not aware that it is a form of critiquing. For
example, when buying clothes you ask yourself: “Is the color nice on me?” ”Does the style fits me?” ”It’s
nice but the waist is too tight” These are things that you should consider, and the act itself is a form of
criticism.
An analytical writing genre that summarizes a work or idea briefly and critically.

A technique that aims to study, discuss, evaluate, and interpret a certain work.
The term Critique is derived from the word “Criticism”.
Critique papers are not only intended for Literary works like poems, short stories, & novels, but also for
a book, films or movies, research studies and also artworks.

Critique writing
Critique writing typically takes the form of an essay, article evaluating a literary piece, or a review
It is a detailed review of the story in order to provide insight into the work to the public
It also allows you to reassemble the elements so that your target audience understands the strengths,
flaws and highlights of a work better

Structure your critique.

The framework for writing a critique is as follows:

a. Introduction

This is a short section where you must identify the title and of the work; and state your thesis, or the
overall evaluation of the work, what you feel it’s goal is and whether or not it succeeded at that. The
evaluation may be positive, negative, or mixed, but there must be an evaluation stand. A neutral or
opinionless evaluation is not much of a critique.

A summary of the work

The reader will need this information in order to understand your analysis and evaluation, so include
relevant plot element, character details, and information about the context work. Point out as well how
the author accomplishes the goals of the text by naming techniques, styles, symbols, literary devices or
figurative language. The rule of thumb for this section is : if you will examine it in depth in the
evaluation, or if the information helps the evaluation section become more clearer, it should be included
here.

Passive Voice Perspectives: Crafting Clarity in Communication

Definition and Purpose
Passive voice happens when the subject receives the action, emphasizing the action or object. It's used
when the doer is unknown or unimportant, or in formal writing for objectivity.
The difference to Active voice
Active
The subject does the action.
Example: The cat (subject) ate (verb) the rat (object).

Passive
The action is done to the subject.
Example: "The rat (object) was eaten (be auxiliary+verb (past participle) by the cat (by+subject)."

How to Form Passive Voice

Object+past participle of the main verb+by+thing doing the actions
Active Voice: The chef cooks a delicious meal.
Passive Voice: A delicious meal was cooked by the chef.
Active Voice: My neighbors adopted the kittens.
Passive Voice: The kittens were adopted by my neighbors.
Active Voice: The storm destroyed the houses in the village.
Passive Voice: The houses in the village were destroyed by the storm.

Common Uses
Emphasizing the receiver of the action:

Active: Alex wrote the essay on Alzheimer’s

Passive: The essay on Alzheimer’s was written by Alex.

Highlighting the action rather than the doer:

Active: Someone stole my wallet.

Passive: My wallet was stolen.

When the doer is unknown or unimportant:

Passive: The car I wanted was brought yesterday

Passive voice is a valuable tool in the writer's toolbox. By being aware of its uses, advantages, and
potential pitfalls, we can use it effectively to enhance our communication.

Informative Essay
An essay explains a short theme, idea or an issue. It is a personal response to anything and is usually
three paragraphs long.
In writing this essay, you should always remember to:

 Have a clear and well-defined thesis statement.

 Support your points with facts and reliable data
 Make it concise and give it a clear ending.
Analytical Essay
An essay anayzes, inteprets, or examples an artwork, a film, a literary work. a song a composition, or a
media text.

It’s usually written in four parts:

a. The introduction that tells you that what text you will be discussing and why.

b. The textual analysis which is closely related to your main argument or idea in the introduction.

c. your personal reading of the text that must show criticality

d. The conclusion which shows the connection between your argument and the text.
In writing this essay, you should always remember to:

Make an outline to help you organize your thoughts.

use present tense

Avoid slang, colloquial language, and contractions

Critically respond to what you understood from reading the text. It’s effect on you is very important.

Persuasive Essay
An essay convinces a reader to believe or adopt a viewpoint on a certain issue. It is sometimes written in
three to five paragraphs.

In writing this essay, you should always remember to:

Be clear and concise with your position. Also, be clear with the audience that you want to convince in
your position.

keep your paragraphs engaging by using vivid words. However, do not get carried away with being too
emotional or too passionate.

Develop one idea per paragraph and use connectives or transitions to have a logical flow of ideas.

End with a striking conclusion or a call to action.

Argumentative Essay
An essay argues in a sense that it proves a hypothesis, a proposition, a theory or an opinion to an
opposite hypothesis idea or opinion. it is usually written in five paragraphs to show the pros and cons,
with claims and subpoints for each.

In writing this essay, you should always remember to:

Use a declarative sentence in stating your argument.

Support your arguments with research, statistics. quotes from experts or facts from solid evidence.

Talk about the other side of your argument- the opposing side.

use engaging language at all times to convince the readers.

Similar to the persuasive essay, develop one idea per paragraph and use connectives or transitions to
have a logical flow of ideas.

End with a striking conclusion, a solution, or a call to action.

WRITING AN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY

HOW DO YOU WRITE AN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY?
The writer of an argumentative essay aims to convey and defend an opinion or stand by supporting it
with truthful, factual, and relevant evidence in order to convince others to accept or agree with his or
her ideas

A good argument has the following elements:

claim, evidence, counterclaim, and rebuttal.

INTRODUCTION: CLAIM
The claim defines what the author wants you to do, think, or believe by the time you finish reading his or
her work.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLAIMS

Claim of Facts
A claim of fact makes an assertion about something that can be proved or disproved with factual
evidence.
Claim of Value
A claim of values that somthing is good or bad.or that one thing is better over the other.
Claim of Policy
A claim of policy argues that a certain condition should exist or that something should or should not be
done in order to solve a problem.

Evidence- the reasons, facts, statistics, examples, or statements from experts, studies, or other sources,
to support the claim

Counterclaim- opposing or contrary view that challenges or offsets the claim

Rebuttal- the statement of arguments that negate or disprove the counterclaim

The conclusion summarizes the main points of the essay with the purpose of stirring and leaving ideas,
thoughts, or feelings for the reader to think about.

Multimodal Text
Visual
- The visual mode refers to the images and characters that people see
examples: shape, lines, background, color, quality of images, visual coherence
Audio
- Encompasses all form of auditory communication such as speech and music
examples: intonation of spoken text, volume, pitch, noise, rhythm of music and sound effects
Gestural
- Comprising aspects such as movement, speed and stillness in facial expression and body language
examples: facial expressions, gestures, movements and body language
Spatial
- Comprising aspects such as proximity, direction, position of layout and organization of objects in space
examples: line spacing, size of page, size of photos, line length, visual organization, alignment, position
of layout and organization of subjects in space
Linguistic
Comprising aspect such as vocabulary, generic structure and the grammar of oral and written language
examples: written text or spoken words, narration, word choice , delivery, organization of ideas