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As a verb, critique means to review or examine something critically. As a noun, a critique is that review or examination, like an art essay or a book report.

There are four basic steps: describing, analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating.

As a verb, critique means to review or examine something critically. As a noun, a critique is that review or examination, like an art essay or a book report. The French version of this word is spelled the same (meaning "the art of criticism") and came from the Greek kritike tekhne ("the critical art").

To critique something is to give your opinion and observations. An example of to critique is to describe a restaurant's food on Yelp. (US) To review something. I want you to critique this new idea of mine.

So when you criticize something you just say negative things, but when you critique something you can say both positive things and negative things. We often critique books, art, movies… the judges on talent shows like cooking shows or singing shows will critique the performance of the cooks or singers.

Writing a critique involves more than pointing out mistakes. It involves conducting a systematic analysis of a scholarly article or book and then writing a fair and reasonable description of its strengths and weaknesses.

Writing a Critique describe: give the reader a sense of the writer's overall purpose and intent. analyze: examine how the structure and language of the text convey its meaning. interpret: state the significance or importance of each part of the text. assess: make a judgment of the work's worth or value.

Contents 1 Aesthetic criticism. 2 Logical criticism. 3 Factual criticism. 4 Positive criticism. 5 Negative criticism. 6 Constructive criticism. 7 Destructive criticism. 8 Practical criticism.