STRATEGIES IN

CRITICAL WRITING
Strategies in Critical Writing
 Experienced writers showcase flexibility
in achieving their objectives by constantly
exploring and discovering styles,
procedures, and ideas. They are not
afraid to ask questions and even
question their own writing to have that
balanced and unbiased output.
Strategies in Critical Writing
 After a comprehensive studying of the
subject, one will be a able to polish the
writing. Polishing means to make
improvements. A point where the writer
decides on what style and organization to
use depending on the target reader and
nature of the text.
Critical Thinking and Writing
 Writing is all about thinking
 Strategies was arranged based on the
complexity of critical thinking that was
required for an academic writing.
 These strategies overlap each other and
can be used with other strategies when
writing an evaluation.
Different Strategies in Critical Writing
 Analysis
 Synthesis
 Evaluation
 Persuasion
Different Strategies in Critical Writing
 Analysis
 Breaking something into parts and putting
them back together to better understand
the whole
 Basis of many other strategies
 “Cause and effect” or “origin and results”
of any situation
Analysis Example
Different Strategies in Critical Writing
 Synthesis
 More complex than Analysis
 Bringing in together all opinions and
evidences to support the writing or thesis.
 Integration of the relevant fact, opinions,
statistics to your own observation,
opinions and conclusion to persuade an
audience that your writing is correct.
Synthesis Example
Different Strategies in Critical Writing
 Evaluation
 Most complex of all Analytical Strategies
 Uses many other analytical techniques
 Needing to establish a criteria first to
evaluate a subject. Then application of
this to parts of your subject if it will meet
the said criteria.
 While evaluating, writer can use some
analysis, synthesis and even use
persuasive or argumentative techniques.
Different Strategies in Critical Writing
 Evaluation
Steps:
1. Establish evaluation criteria
2. Select characteristics to apply criteria
3. Evaluate how well the characteristics
meet the criteria
4. Present results with example to support
the writing
Different Strategies in Critical Writing
 Persuasion
 Aim to change the beliefs or opinion of
readers --- “to persuade”
 Encouraging them to accept the
credibility of a writing or piece, or to a
possibility to present your own opinion or
belief.
 Not forcing readers to accept it, but to
have them at least consider you by
keeping an “open-mind”.
Persuasion Example
 Alien existence
 3 day weekend increase work productivity
 Pros and Cons of online education