an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole
marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
urgently needed; absolutely necessary
a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed
forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father'
