Critical Writing

How well can you decode the signs that permeate our daily lives? This book answers the needs of students of composition, culture studies, and literature, providing a process-orientated guide to analyzing anything.

Reading critically, and writing using critical techniques, are crucial skills you need to apply to your academic work. If you need to engage with published (or unpublished) literature such as essays, dissertations or theses, research papers or oral presentations, this proven guide helps you develop a reflective and advanced critical approach to your research and writing.

This is an essential resource for students looking to refine their thinking, reading and writing skills. With clear explanations, relevant examples and plenty of exercises throughout, this book helps students to develop their analytical reasoning skills and apply them to a range of tasks including reading, note-making and writing.

To succeed in any assessment, you need to demonstrate critical thinking - but what does it mean to be 'critical'? This book takes a hands-on approach to helping you think, read and write critically. Packed with examples from different disciplines and subjects, it talks through dozens of written extracts so you can see what criticality actually looks like.

This concise phrase book is an essential tool for all students who want to communicate their ideas, arguments and evaluations clearly and precisely.