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Criticism
*It's the practice of judging the merits and faults of something or
someone in an intelligible way
*the act or an instance of making an unfavourable or severe judgment,
comment, etc
*an act of passing judgment as to the merits of anything
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*an unfavorable comment or judgment
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*any of various methods of studying texts or documents for the
purpose of dating them, evaluating their authenticity, etc
the critic
the judger or the person who make the criticism
Criticize
* To examine and judge as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment
upon
*To act as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment
Critique
*One specific item of criticism
*A critical discussion of a specified topic
Criticism can be :
1- directed toward a person , an animal , specific behaviour , an idea , a
relationship , a condition , a process or a thing
2 – personal or impersonal
3 – highly detailed or abstract
4 – verbal or non-verbal
5- explicit or implict
Etymology
the study of the sources and development of words and morphemes
The origin and historical development of a linguistic form as shown by
determining its basic elements, earliest known use, and changes in
form and meaning, tracing its transmission from one language to
another, identifying its cognates in other languages, and reconstructing
its ancestral form where possible
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2 –content : this refers to the critique itself as well as the form of
criticism
3 – Target : this includes the object of the criticism as well as the
intended audience
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4 – how people respond to criticism negatively or positively
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It assumes the critic has a
positive intention in making criticism
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It may take considerable strategizing in order to find a way of making
criticism
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4 – Knowledge : they must research the subject of their criticism
5 – Skills : they must have adequate skills in reasoning , research , and
communication
6 – Integrity : they must remain honest before and after criticism is written
4– Balance :
they must keep things in proportion
5 - Effect on others
A )Positive and negative effects
When people criticize it can have a positive effect as new ideas are
generated in trying to solve a problem
When people criticize it can have a negative effect when they
experience the criticism as a personal attack
Therapists therefore often recommend that people should use the right
words to express their critricism
b) formulation
if people formulate their criticismin the right way , it is more likely
that other people will accept it
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B ) hamburger method
It 's the method in which each harsh criticism is the meat and it 's
surrounded by compliments which is the bun
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They are regarded as
incapable of sensible criticism
10 – Affirmative arguments
There are significant reasons why a critique may be necessary
1 – Diagnoses and error correction : critiques identify the limitations of
the object of criticism
2 – Improvement : by evaluating the ability of an individual , action or
idea to accomplish a given critiques identify possible improvement
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