What you need to know before writing a Critical Review     

     One of the main things that you need to know is that a critical review is not a summary, because it involves analysis and evaluation. However, you might be wondering about the steps that you need to take into consideration before writing a good critical review. 

1. Read the entire text and determine its thesis statement, structure and methodology. After that you will be able to understand how all the elements of the text connect.
2. Be a critical reader: you need to understand and challenge what the author is saying. 
3. Examine the types of evidence and supporting material that the author is using to support his or her thesis statement. 
4. Take notes after each paragraph and reflect the meaning of what is being said, do not forget to be critical.  

After you are done reading the text, continue to write your first draft.Thus, here is how you could structure it.

Critical Review 

1. Introduction with thesis.
2. Evaluation of the text:

• Idea 1
• Idea 2
• Idea 3

4. Conclusion

     After your done with your first draft, review what you wrote and make sure your points answer your thesis and support your conclusion. Please do not forget to check your spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure. Allow a friend or someone close to you to review your draft and give you some comments about it. Sometimes we are so used to our own writing that we can’t see the small mistakes. The comments and feedback that you will get will allow you to improve your final critical review.