can a good soul, in the name that all is good, help me with the gist of critical writing? i keep on getting feedback that am not critical enough: as in comparing and contrasting literature which I think am doing but acc to my tutors am not - please, will anyone enlighten me here so i can improve myself....thank you. i need to nail this.

If you haven't already seen it, you might find the Manchester Phrasebank helpful:

thanks chickpea - never encountered it yet! :)))) if anyone has more suggestions, please share :)