What is Critcical Analysis?

Exploring Perspectives Links to an external site.

This textbook is to help you learn what critical analysis is, why it is important, how to do it, and who to write about it.

Wednesday:

Chapter 1.1Pg 6-11 This chapter shows different ways of writing about literature and what makes good analysis.

Chapter 2.1: Getting started with Writing. pg 11-17. Think about how we read and how authors write.

Thursday:

Chapter  3.2: From Interpretations to Assertions. pg 45-51. This explains what can get in the way of a good analysis.

Chapter 4.1: Explaining your Perspective. pg 52-64. This section show you how to develop your analysis. Nice examples and good tool (K. Burke's Pentad pg 54).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk2YRpLnmdU Links to an external site.

Friday:

Chapter 4.2: Considering a Broader Significance pg 65- 73. This chapter looks at the difference between personal and broad connections.  

Chapter 5.1:Focusing, Developing, and Synthesizing pg 73-83. Here you get point by point help you write your essay.