{"id":201,"date":"2020-06-21T11:57:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T11:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/?page_id=201"},"modified":"2022-03-16T21:25:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T21:25:21","slug":"critical-writing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/critical-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/scientific-writing-resources\/\">Scientific Writing Resources<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/academicintegrity\/\">General guidelines in Scientific Writing<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/critical-writing\/\">Critical Writing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; min_height=&#8221;518px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||2px||false|false&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|auto|50px|auto|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;General Guidelines in Scientific Writing&#8221; open=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/academicintegrity\/\">Academic Integrity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/building-an-argument\/\">Building an Argument<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/critical-reading\/\">Critical Reading<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/critical-writing\/\">Critical Writing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/figures-tables\/\">Figures and Tables<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/paragraphs\/\">Paragraphs\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/quoting-paraphrasing-summarizing\/\">Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/peer-review\/\">Peer-review\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/response-to-reviewers-critiques\/\">Response to Reviewers\u2019 Critiques<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/peer-review\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/plagiarism\/\">Plagiarism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/writing-tips-tools\/\">Writing Tips and Tools<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/types-or-styles-of-writing\/\">Types or Styles of Writing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"how-to-evaluate-online-information-resources\">How to evaluate online information resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/miscellaneous\/\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Miscellaneous<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Preparing Scholarly Work&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/thesis-dissertation-writing\/\"><span>Dissertation\/ Thesis\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>Journal Article<\/span><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/original-research-article\/\">Original (Research) Article<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/review-articles\/\"><span>Review Article\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/editorial-opinion-and-perspective-articles\/\"><span>Editorial, Opinion, and Perspectives Articles<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/posters\/\">Poster<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/proposals-2\/\"><span>Proposal\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Preparing for a Publication&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/deciding-on-authorship\/\"><span>Deciding on Authorship\u00a0<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/deciding-on-authorship\/\"><span><\/span><\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/cover-letter-for-a-journal-manuscript-submission\/\">Cover letter for a journal manuscript submission<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/reference-management\/\"><span>Reference Management<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Career Development&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/statement-of-purpose\/\"><span>Statement of Purpose (SOP)\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/research-statement\/\"><span>Research Statement<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/teaching-statement\/\"><span>Teaching Statement<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/cover-letter-for-a-job-application\/\">Cover letter for a job application<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/teaching-statement\/\"><span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;|10px||10px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||10px|false|false&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;5px&#8221; border_color_left=&#8221;#0c71c3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Critical Writing<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Critical writing is a clear and confident refusal to accept the conclusions of other writers without\u00a0evaluating the arguments and evidence that they provide. In addition, it is a balanced presentation of\u00a0reasons why the conclusions of other writers may be accepted or may need to be treated with caution.\u00a0It includes a clear presentation of your own evidence and argument, leading to your conclusion and\u00a0recognition of the limitations in your own evidence, argument, and conclusion.\u00a0Critical writing means that you are participating in the academic debate. You need to weigh up the\u00a0evidence and arguments of others, and to contribute your own. You will need to:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 Consider the quality of the evidence and argument you have read<br \/> \u2022 Identify key positive and negative aspects you can comment upon<br \/> \u2022 Assess their relevance and usefulness to the debate that you are engaging in for your<br \/> assignment<br \/> \u2022 Identify how best they can be woven into the argument that you are developing<br \/> When you engage in critical writing you are developing your own academic voice within your subject.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: http:\/\/www.le.ac.uk\/oerresources\/ssds\/writingskills\/page_42.htm<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><i style=\"text-align: justify;\">Articles<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DmKGMOFON0g\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gatt, C. (2013).\u00a0<i>The 7 building blocks of effective arguments<\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DmKGMOFON0g\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">.<\/a><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/advice.writing.utoronto.ca\/researching\/critical-reading\/\">Knott, D. (n.d.). <i>Critical reading towards critical writing<\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/advice.writing.utoronto.ca\/researching\/critical-reading\/\">. University of Toronto<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.criticalreading.com\/\">Kurland, D. (2010).\u00a0<i>Strategies for critical reading and writing<\/i><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.criticalreading.com\/\">.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlv.ac.uk\/lib\/media\/departments\/lis\/skills\/study-guides\/LS119-Introduction-to-critical-writing.pdf\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">University of Wolverhampton (2020).\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Introduction to critical writing<\/span><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlv.ac.uk\/lib\/media\/departments\/lis\/skills\/study-guides\/LS119-Introduction-to-critical-writing.pdf\">.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #383838;\"><strong><i style=\"text-align: justify;\">Books<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/intranet.birmingham.ac.uk\/as\/libraryservices\/library\/asc\/documents\/public\/pgtcriticalwriting.pdf\" style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">University of Birmingham. Academic Skills Centre (2015).\u00a0<i>A short guide to critical writing for Postgraduate Taught Students<\/i><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intranet.birmingham.ac.uk\/as\/libraryservices\/library\/asc\/documents\/public\/pgtcriticalwriting.pdf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">. Birmingham: Library Services. <\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;\"><br \/> <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><i>Videos<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QnqRydWXJo0\">Coventry University, Centre for Academic Writing (2016).\u00a0<i>Critical writing: How to build strong arguments<\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QnqRydWXJo0\">.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=btUY6jTt2Ys%20\">Hull University (2017).\u00a0<i>Critical writing<\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PwFCyrCssaw\">Metropolitan Manchester University (2018).\u00a0<i>Writing \u2013 from descriptive to critical<\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><i>Websites<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.leeds.ac.uk\/info\/1401\/academic_skills\/105\/critical_thinking\/5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">University of Leeds (n.d.). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Critical thinking. Critical writing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.le.ac.uk\/offices\/ld\/all-resources\/writing\/writing-resources\/critical-writing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">University of Leicester. Student Learning Development (n.d.). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is critical writing: study guide<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/my.cumbria.ac.uk\/Student-Life\/Learning\/Skills-Cumbria\/FAQs\/What-is-critical-writing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">University of Cumbria (n.d.). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is critical writing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/my.cumbria.ac.uk\/Student-Life\/Learning\/Skills-Cumbria\/FAQs\/What-is-critical-writing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">University of Westminster (2020). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Critical writing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientific Writing Resources \/ General guidelines in Scientific Writing \/ Critical Writing Academic Integrity Building an Argument Critical Reading Critical Writing Figures and Tables Paragraphs\u00a0\u00a0 Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing Peer-review\u00a0 Response to Reviewers\u2019 Critiques Plagiarism Writing Tips and Tools Types or Styles of Writing How to evaluate online information resources Miscellaneous Dissertation\/ Thesis\u00a0 Journal Article [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-201","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1985,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201\/revisions\/1985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}