Introduction.
Week; 1
Date.12/02/15

Meanings of Analysis.

The separation of an intellectual or material whole into its constituent parts for individual study.

Chemistry definition

The separation of a substance into its constituent elements to determine either their nature   or their proportions (quantitative analysis).

Mathematical definition.

A branch of mathematics principally involving differential and integral calculus, sequences, and series and concerned with limits and convergence.

The method of proof in which a known truth is sought as a consequence of a series of deductions from that which is the thing to be proved.

Linguistics definition.  

The use of function words such as prepositions, pronouns, or auxiliary verbs instead of inflectional endings to express  a   grammatical relationship; for example, the cover of the dictionary instead of the dictionary's cover.

Critical Awareness.

Critical thinking is usually the term applied to the examination of data or ideas using reasoning and logic to arrive at a conclusion, or to demonstrate that an argument, opinion or theoretical position is rational or not. There are courses of study in this subject.

I think critical awareness is different. It is (I think) the faculty of being discerning about the expressive arts such as literature, music or painting, and being able to explain and illuminate the qualities (or defects) in these things.

Both critical thinking and critical awareness require training and practice if they are to be relied upon.