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Critical Analysis

Critical Analysis. Critical Analysis. A composition in which the writer makes a judgment with specific references to the work that proves the judgment. A critical analysis includes … . Judgment Criteria Thesis . Proof Conclusion. JUDGMENT .

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Critical Analysis

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  1. Critical Analysis

  2. Critical Analysis • A composition in which the writer makes a judgment with specific references to the work that proves the judgment

  3. A critical analysis includes… • Judgment • Criteria • Thesis • Proof • Conclusion

  4. JUDGMENT • Your opinion based on the reading that will be supported with specific examples from the text • MUST BE ABLE TO BE PROVEN • NOT A FACT

  5. CRITERIA • Areas of proposed discussion in the paper (criterion) • In this paper, your 3 adjectives to be supported

  6. For this assignment, your thesis includes • Title of selection (story) • Author of selection • Name of character being analyzed • Judgment to be proven • Criteria

  7. Proof • Incidents, quotes, inferences from the story that substantiate (support) judgments • Will be cited (page #).

  8. Thesis Restatement • Rewording of the thesis with added emphasis • It may suggest consequences of the thesis • A different adjective replaces that of your title adjective

  9. Sample judments/provables • The princess is capable of selecting the tiger. • SangorRainsford could kill a human being. • The scout would make a good friend. • Walter Mitty will eventually go insane. How are these JUDGMENTS and not facts?

  10. Sample Thesis Statement • In “The Lady, or the Tiger?” by Frank R. Stockton, the princess is capable of selecting the tiger because she is jealous, devious, and cruel. Title: The Lady, or the Tiger Author: Frank R. Stockton Name of character: The princess Judgment: capable of selecting the tiger Criteria: jealous, devious, cruel

  11. Sample Proof • The Princess is jealous • The princess realizes the beauty of the lady (35). • The Princess has seen an attraction between the lady and her lover while exchanging glances (35).

  12. Sample Thesis Restatement • Because of her jeal0us, devious, and cruel nature, the emotional princess would select the door with the tiger and condemn her lover to death. • New adjective: Barbaric becomes Emotional • Restatement of criteria • Conclusion: condemn her lover to death

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