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CRITIQUING

 

What is critiquing?

 

Critiquing is the most advanced way of integrating sources into your writing, and consists of producing a reasoned evaluation of an author's key argument/s. It can be focused on ideas from a single source or it may combine, compare, contrast, evaluate ideas from multiple sources. Unlike quoting, paraphrasing and summarising, which are limited to describing other authors' arguments, critiquing allows you to demonstrate your ability to make reasoned judgments on those arguments, and implicitly to integrate your own views in your writing.

 

How to acknowledge critiqued material in your writing

 

There are no referencing guidelines specific to critiquing. Critiquing incorporates quotes, paraphrases and summaries and is referenced accordingly.

© 2016 by Centre for Academic Writing and Coventry University

Based on Deane, M. (2006) Coventry University Harvard Reference Style Guide. Unpublished booklet. Coventry: Coventry University. Version 3.0.4. September 2016. Produced in collaboration with Ray Summers (Illustrations), edited by Catalina Neculai with the assistance of Lisa Ganobcsik- Williams and Erik Borg, and with input from the Coventry University Harvard Reference Style Working Party.

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