"25• • provides introductory and background/contextualinformation; Descriptive Writing • lists, catalogues, outlines the way things are; and • does not establish relationships. • explores relationships of ideas or parts of something; • provides possible situations and alternativeAnalytical Writing responses; and • compares and contrasts. • involves making a judgement on the quality ofsomething • outlines implications and solutions, draws conclusionsCritical/Evaluative and makes recommendations; and • views something from many different angles, orquestions something in order to ascribe value. 26Descriptive Analytical Critical WHAT HOW SO WHAT What is this about? How did this occur? What does this mean? What is the How does it work in theory? In Why is this significant? context/situation? practice/context? Is this convincing, why/why not? What is the main point? How does one factor affect another? What are the implications? What is the topic? How do the parts fit into the whole? Is it successful? Why/why not? How does it meet criteria? What can I deduce from theinformation I have gathered? WHERE WHY WHAT NEXT? Where does it take place? Why did this occur? Is it transferable? Why was that done? How and where else can it beWhy this? applied? argument/theory/suggestion/solution? What can be learnt from it? Why not something else? What needs doing now? WHO WHAT IF? Who is this What if this were wrong? written/designed by? What are the alternatives? Who is involved? What if there were a problem? Who is affected? What if another factor were added orremoved? WHEN 27 When did this occur?Descriptive Language Analytical Language Critical/Evaluative Language The context is ... Comparison between ...and In order to identify ... it would be...reveals ... necessary to ... Components of the model Application of this model to Given ... it can be concluded ... are ... ... indicates This occurred at ... The strengths are ... The point ... is valuable ... Key characteristics are ... This occurred as ... If this were applied to ... The methodology chosen This was completed The significance/implications ofwas ... because ... ... In contrast to ... If ... could be applied to ... then... Likewise/Similarly ... The argument is convincing as... However/In contrast ... This could betransferable/applicable to ... The alternative to this is ... If ... were28 altered/removed/added then..."