Critique or critical analysis...

For more advanced secondary learners, an educator can give students a topic, article, or any other form of text, and ask them to write a literary analysis on this. It is comparable to a book review, but evokes a more in depth process then simply summarizing a text. Analyzing it thoroughly, and choosing a thesis, but given an open topic from which to develop a thesis, is vital. The student should not create a thesis beforehand, however, as it is better to develop a thesis as one writes. A critique truly is a technique in which learners analyze the strengths and weaknesses of a text or subject and then makes thoughtful suggestions to improve it or to strengthen it.