Please choose the correct ending to complete the given sentence: Education and Communications: [header] How to write a critical analysis [title] Identify the author's thesis. [step] Determine what the author is arguing for or against. [substeps] The thesis of an academic article might be easier to identify than the thesis of a creative work, movie, or painting.

Ending1: The thesis of a nonfiction piece would obviously be easier to identify, but it is probably a little harder than what the author is arguing. The thesis is such that the content and theme (and a general attention to detail) of the article or report apply to you, as well as to the author and the organization you're researching (or working with). Ending2: [title] Identify the main argument in the concluding paragraph. [step] With a strong thesis, the author will be able to avoid confusion or miscommunication. Ending3: Read again the article and write down what the author argues for or against. One example of an argumentative thesis would be: how does this work affect the education of child used without a valid argument? The author would use an argument raised in the article's introduction and argument in the concluding article. Ending4: If critiquing a work of fiction or creative nonfiction, in either written form or film form, identify one main theme of the story. For a painting, analyze what the the painter may be trying to establish.

Answer format: ending1/ending2/ending3/ending4