'More critical analysis needed' is a familiar comment on feedback sheets, and often a little explained one. Esmond shows you, at the level of the paragraph, where your text describes and where it evaluates.
See how Esmond worksBeing critical does not mean being negative about your sources. It means weighing them: asking how strong the evidence is, where authors disagree and why, what a theory explains and what it leaves out, and what all of that means for your own argument. Description says what something is. Analysis says what it is worth and why it matters to your point.
Most students can do this in conversation. On the page it tends to disappear under the pressure of covering everything, which produces paragraphs that report one source after another without a sentence of judgement in between.
Each flagged passage gets a short explanation of why it reads as descriptive and a question that pushes it towards evaluation, for example which of two studies you find more convincing and on what grounds. You answer that question in your own words. That way you can see for yourself where your text describes and where it evaluates.
You upload your draft as a PDF. Short documents come back within minutes; a full dissertation takes longer. You get two things back: your own document with comments in the margin, and a separate feedback report that sets out what to tackle first. Every upload starts with a free preview, and the price follows the length of your document and is shown before you pay. No subscription, no account.
Esmond evaluates your work and writes nothing for you. Each comment points to a passage, explains what a supervisor or examiner might question, and gives a direction for revising it. You decide what to change, and every sentence stays yours.
Esmond is preparing its launch in Ireland and is not taking orders here yet. This page explains what the review does, so you know what to expect when it opens.
Yes. The descriptive-versus-analytical problem is the same in a 2,000-word essay and in a final year project. Choose the right document type in the intake.
No. It shows where analysis is thin and asks questions that help you add it yourself.
Esmond is preparing its launch in Ireland and is not taking orders here yet. Until then you cannot upload or order anything here; the guides on this site are free to read.
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