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Conventions of the Critical (Analytical) Essay
Technical, not sentimental. Uses logos, not pathos.
Specific examples to prove your claim.
Contains analysis to show how the examples support your claim.
Specific structure: Intro, Thesis, Body, Conclusion
Can contain a counterargument to address naysayers.
Can contain call to action—a take away for the reader in the conclusion.
Thesis:
	Foreshadows arguments & evidence—usually one sentence.
	Mentions claims you will make.
	Can address counterargument.
	Arguable & specific.





Seldom in contemporary society can someone truly find where they stand in the natural world and overcome the opposing ideals that leave them questioning


Seldom in contemporary society can someone truly find where they stand in the natural world and overcome the opposing ideals that leave them questioning. In the same ere as Aldo Leopold and others who have discovered their relationship with the earth,



In the same ere as Aldo Leopold, Robin Kimmerer also holds a similar set of ideals like the land ethic. Her relationship to her biotic community is that of reciprocity and mutualistic actions.
Many of Kimmerer’s beliefs are held in sets of rules made by the indigenous people of her tribe. The Original Instructions “are not “instructions” like commandments, though, or rules; rather, they are like a compass: they provide an orientation but not a map.” The Original Instructions are the basis of what her rules are, which in turn determines her relationship to her biotic community.

Thesis
She is in a mutualistic relationship to her biotic community based on
-	Rules like Original Instructions, Honorable Harvest
-	Folklore like the 3 sisters, Sky Woman as well as cautionary stories like 179 fishing man and taking leaks before they’ve given approval
-	Her dislike of modern scientists who have lost the love of nature. Her dislike of consumerist society in its whole (ex. sustainable agriculture so they can just take more).
Counter Argument
She wishes she was a plant (or autotroph) instead of an animal because plants photosynthesize and in turn give things, rather than an animal (heterotroph). They are both the same, according to when she says “in order to live, I must consume.” PAGE 177