Judge with evidence, not just opinion, using evaluate, justify and critique.
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Why a judgement needs evidence, not just an opinion.
In academic writing, there is a massive difference between an opinion and an evaluation.
An opinion is personal: "I liked the poem."
An evaluation is academic: "The poem effectively uses repetition to build emotional intensity, though the rhythm is occasionally inconsistent."
Evaluation is the language of higher-order thinking. It requires you to step back from your feelings and measure something against objective standards.
A picture for each judging word.
A clean, 8-panel educational comic style illustration showing conceptual doodles. Evaluate: a judge's scorecard with cri…
The parts of a good evaluation, in one card.
Sort the words by whether they judge positively, negatively or neutrally.
Terms
Definitions
Choose the right judging word for exam-style sentences.
A teacher reads your Social Science essay, identifies three logical strengths, points out two weak arguments, and suggests improvements. This process is best described as:
Justify a decision with evidence.
Provide a concrete reason supported by a fact or logical outcome.
Wrap up your justification clearly.
Explain the difference between evaluate and justify.