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Example Of A Critical Analysis Essay

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In the process of writing my Critical Research Essay the writing piece consisted of three pieces of evidence. One of the readings/evidence that I used throughout my essay and which spoke to me the most was Robert Smith, Mexican New York: Transitional Lives of New Immigrants. Throughout my high school years, there was not enough information on the history of Mexicans living in the United States and their position in this country. Although this essay was not opinionated based, this reading was able to inform me on new information that I never learned in my previous years in school. It was a reading that not only have I used as part of an essay, but a book that I consider to read for my own use and recommend it to other kids that stand in the same position as me and with the ideas surround throughout the book. It included …show more content…

Throughout my critical analysis essay there was an objective tone instead of a subjective tone. This tone helped me write a critical essay in which I included factual evidence and textual analysis towards segmented assimilation which has had a great impact on the lives of young kids who have parents that have a different culture than where they now live in. Instead of including emotions and my own opinion on the situation, I used historical resources, via the web or journals, such as social studies. I also had to include a counterclaim in order to argue anything that can prove my view wrong. This also helped me see whether the evidence I provided was good enough to support my thesis and let everyone see my reasoning for arguing the position I choose. Another important task I had to keep in mind was to make sure I would not quote the authors to much, I wanted to use their ideas to support my thesis, rather than just agreeing on the position they were stating throughout their own

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