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Critical Analysis Explained

Academic Writing Guide: Critical Analysis Explained

Critical Analysis Explained

This brief document seeks to explain the difference between

critical analysis and description. It is a generic, non-subject specific

series of explanations; readers should bear in mind that there are subtle

differences in each subject discipline: a nurse writes very differently to a

historian etc. Your tutor is the subject specific expert in academic writing

to whom ultimately you should defer. However, this document seeks to

explain in simple terms:

 The difference in writing for school and university.

 When a Tutor says you are being “too descriptive” what do

they mean.

 What Critical analysis actually is.

 When the term ‘argument’ is used what does this mean.

It is also important to consider some basic technical issues of writing that

assist in the communicating of your critical analysis.

 What should be contained in simple generic terms within an

introduction or conclusion.

Critical Analysis Explained