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Mini-module: Critical Thinking - Undergraduate

Paper trail Mini-modules

Description, Analysis, Evaluation (1)

When you are writing, start to think in terms of:

  • Description, 
  • Analysis, 
  • Evaluation

You'll do all three - but are you aware of which one you are doing in any particular paragraph? And do you know why?

A common problem is too much description and not enough analysis and evaluation. 

In the next section, you'll learn more about the differences between these three types of writing.