Critique Paper

•Is a genre of academic writing

•Briefly and critically summarizes and evaluates a work or concept.

•Used to carefully analyze a variety of works

•Uses a formal, academic writing style and has clear structure.

•Its body contains the summary of the subject and the detailed evaluation about it.

Creative Works – novels, exhibits, films, shows, images, poetry

Researches – monographs, journals, articles, systematic reviews, theories

Media – news reports, feature articles

PURPOSE OF CRITIQUE

1.Gauge the usefulness or impact of a work in a field.

 Creativity
 Message
 Impact

FORMALIST CRITICISM-Claims that •literary works have intrinsic properties and treats each work as a
distinct work of art.

•Claims that literary works have intrinsic properties and treats each work as a distinct work of art.

•Claims that literary works have intrinsic properties and treats each work as a distinct work of art.

Elements of a Story

Characters, setting, conflict, plot, point of view

Formalism is about the elements of the text being criticized

FORALISM = TEXT FORM

Formalism is about the elements of the text being criticized

READER-RESPONSE CRITICISM

-Is concerned with the reviewer’s reaction as an audience of a literary work.

-Claims that the reader’s role cannot be separated from the understanding of the work

-Claims that a text does not have meaning until the reader reads and interprets it.

-Criticism is focused on the message of the text.How do you feel after reading the story?What are the
lessons you learned from the story?

FEMENIST CRITICISM
-Focuses on how literature presents women as subjects of socio-political, psychological and economic
oppression

-Tends to reveal the patriarchal aspects of our culture

-Base on how men and women were presented

-Are the male character powerful or superior in their position while the female characters are
subordinate or inferior?Are the male characters decisive and the females are not?

MARXIST CRITICISM

-Concerned with the differences between economic classes

-Attempts to reveal that the ultimate source of people’s experiences is the socio-economic system

Four Approaches

Formalism is about the form or the elements

Reader-Response is about your reaction as a Reader

Feminism is about the Female or the Women

Marxism is about the Social Classes

Reaction paper, critique, & review

-Are specialized forms of writing in which an author review or evaluates a subject.

Scholarly Works – academic books, researches and articles.

Works of Arts – literary texts, exhibits, plays

Designs – buildings, furniture, fashion design.

Graphic Designs – posters, billboards, commercials, and other digital media.

REACTION PAPER, CRITIQUE, & REVIEW

-Can be written in 250 to 750 words.

-Present summaries and opinions but with proofs or evidences

-Have similar formats

COMMON FORMAT

Introduction. Title or Name of the Subject. Author or Creator, Date Made, and other basic information
about the subject.

Body. (has 2 section)

A Summary – Explains what the subject is. It is a scholarly

III. Conclusion – tells your Overall impression of the work. Includes final judgment on the subject’s value,
significance, worth or future improvements

REACTION PAPER

-Presents your reasonable response toanything seen, heard, read, orexperiences

-Can be made by anyone.

-Focused on personal appreciation of the subject

-Is for expression of personal judgments.

REVIEW

-Always associated with the term paper or a book report

-Is an objective judgment of something

-Focused on highlighting the good or bad points.

-Gives audience an informed judgment about the subject.

-Made by knowledgeable people of a field

CRITIQUE

-Is the most academic and most elevated evaluation among the three.

-Is made by experts of the field

-Focused on analyzing and evaluating the components of the work

-Is usually made to provide direction for future improvement of the subject.

1.Description – Pure description of the object, piece of work, art, events etc.

a. Piece of Writing – What do you see? (form, structure, choice of words length, genre, etc.)

2.Analysis – Determining what the features suggest and deciding why the artist or writers used such
features to convey specific ideas.

a. Artwork – How did the Artist do it?

3. Interpretation – Establishing the broader context for this type of art.

a. Why did the artist/ writer create it and what does it mean?

4. Judgement – Judging a piece of work means giving it rank in relation to other works and of course
considering a very important aspect of the visual arts.
In judging a piece of work:

Criteria

Evidence

Judgement

THESIS STATEMENT

-It is a statement that summarizes your topic and declares your position on it.

-Tells the reader how you will interpret the significance of the subject matter under discussion

-It is a road map for the paper, it tells the reader what to expect from the rest of the paper.

-Is a central idea of the whole paper

TOPIC SENTENCE

-It is a central idea of a multiple-paragraph composition.

-It focuses your ideas into one or two sentences.

-Is the main idea of one paragraph only

EXPLICIT

-Means straightforward

-The Thesis Statement is obviously written in the text

-Is usually located at the end of the introduction

IMPLICIT

-The thesis statement is not written in the text

-Readers will formulate the thesis statement based on their understanding of the text

TYPES OF THESIS STATEMENT

Argumentative

Narrative

Expository

NoAnalytical

PART OF THESIS STATEMENT

Topic

Position

Reason
Concession

TOPIC-Subject of the text

POSITION-Your stand on the topic

REASON/S

Explanation and justification of your position

CONCESSION-An opposing viewpoint on the topic

How to Write a Thesis Statement:

Identify the details based on the parts of a thesis statement before writing it completely

Writing a thesis statement by identifying the details by parts

TOPIC : Regulating Children’s Mobile Gaming

POSITION: Parents should regulate the amount of time their children spend on mobile gaming

REASON/S:

1. It inhibits social interaction

2. It shortens children’s attention span

3. It’s not always intellectually stimulating

CONCESSION: Mobile gaming can be educational.

OUTLINING

-Is a tool we use in the writing process to help organize our ideas, visualize our paper’s potential
structure and to further flesh out and develop points.

-A written plan that serves as a skeleton for the paragraphs you write

-A summary that gives the essential information that will be included in a paper, book, etc.

BENEFITS OF OUTLINING

-It gives an overview of the topic and it enables us to see how various subtopics relate to one another.

-Recording the information in our own words tests our understanding of what we read.

-It is an effective way to record needed information from reference books you do not own

TYPES OF OUTLINING

WRITING OUTLINE-Is what you make before you write an essay

READING OUTLINE-Is what you make when you study a paper

TWO OUTLINING SYSTEM

-Is a system of decimal notation that clearly shows how every level of the outline relates to the larger
whole

-Ideas are organized through numbers and decimals

-1.0 Choose Desired College

-1.1 Visit and evaluate college campuses

-1.2 Visit and evaluate college website

-1.2.1 Look for interesting classes

-1.2.2 Note important statistics

ALPHANUMERIC OUTLINE

-Uses letters and numbers to organize ideas

-Is commonly used due to convenience and easy recognition of sections.

HOW TO WRITE AN OUTLINE

Roman Numerals for Major Sections of the Paper

Title

Thesis Statement……………………………………………………………………………..

1.Introduction

2.Body

3.Conclusion

CAPITAL LETTERS FOR MAIN IDEA-(per paragraph)