Literal comprehension

is very critical in writing an essay or paper of any kind. It means that the audience is looking for the writer to include some details and facts to back up the main idea.

Interpretive meaning is often hidden throughout the text and requires the use of
inference and understanding the relationship between events and characters or causes and consequences. Readers need to link like information to fully understand the text. Sometimes these relationships can be stated and are often found near causal words such as because,so and therefore. Information may need to be linked from sentence to sentence, across paragraphs or chapters, and is often referred to as information that is given 'between the lines'

Critical analysis
The purpose for writing a critique is to evaluate somebody's work (a book, an essay, a movie, a painting...) in order to increase the reader's understanding of it. A critical analysis is subjective writing because it expresses the writer's opinion or evaluation of a text. Analysis means to break down and study the parts. Writing a critical paper requires two steps: critical reading and critical writing

Application
is the use of information that is recalled and understood. When students use acquired facts and skills in a new situation, they are practicing the transfer of solutions from one problem to another. The 26 lessons in this unit provide plenty of practice in applying knowledge to practical situations. Students are asked to do alphabetical ordering, work with dictionary definitions, sequence time/size/money, compare shapes, finish sentences, and more using information provided or recalled.