Critical Analysis: Thinking, Reading, and Writing

Critical writing involves building a complex web of evidence from your sources building up to a claim of your own. It can be easy for your claims to get lost amidst those of other people. This video gives you some ideas of how to start developing an effective approach to writing critically. 

This video goes deeper into how to develop your paraphrasing skills, which are crucial for good critical writing.  Writing evidence in your own words makes it clearer that you understand it, and it also makes your writing flow better and helps you make your voice heard.

You can’t improve your critical writing without also improving your approach to essay structure. Watch this video for some helpful tips on how to get started.

Your critical thinking may be well-developed, and you may have fantastic ideas as a result. However, your reader won’t see this if they can’t understand your writing! This video will give you some ideas on how to write clearly and accurately.

If you ever need help with finding the right phrase, check out the University of Manchester’s Academic Phrasebank. It provides lots of suggestions of how to use language in your assignments, and is broken down into sections that will help you find what you need easily.