Lesson 5 EAPP

Reaction, Review and Critique Paper

2. To write an objective/balanced review or critique of a work of art, an event or a program

1. To use appropriate critical writing a critique such as formalism, feminism, etc.

GOALS:

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What word/s do you think of when you hear or read the words REACTION, REVIEW, or CRITIQUE

What are reaction, review, and critique paper?

A reaction paper, a review, and a critique are specialized forms of writing in which a reviewer or reader evaluates any of the following:

• A scholarly work (e.g., academic books and articles)

• A work of art (e.g., performance art, play, dance, sports, films, exhibits)

• Designs (e.g., industrial designs, furniture, fashion design)

• Graphic designs (e.g., posters, billboards, commercials, and digital media)

What are reaction, review, and critique paper?

Reaction papers, reviews, and critiques usually range in length from 250-750 words. They are not simply summaries but are critical assessments, analyses, or evaluations of different works.

• It allows or asks a person to write a reaction on something that he or she had seen, heard, or experienced.

• This is expressing your thoughts and personal opinions whether they are negative or positive.

• This paper writing may be informal.

REACTION PAPER

• It has content that is
  slightly on the next level
  of critical thinking.

• A review paper balances
  opinions with facts, thus
  giving the paper a more matured outlook.

REVIEW PAPER

• It is the most academic in nature among the three.

• It is an intellectual discourse integrating just a few personal opinions, many facts supported by sources, and other aspects such as the integration of theories.

• A critique paper displays the writer’s ability to evaluate and pass sound and critical judgment on the issue or matter at hand.

CRITIQUE PAPER

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT true about reaction paper?

• It is purely made of opinions.

• It conveys incisive insights into its analysis of events.

• It may include the main purpose of the event.

• It is mainly written to communicate a fair assessment.

Multiple Choice

A review must be organized using a structure.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a form of reaction paper?

• Appeal

• Protest

• Reflections

• Report

Multiple Choice

Reaction paper, reviews, and critiques are not simply summaries but are critical assessments, analyses, or evaluations of different works.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is needed to make objective assessment?

• Facts

• Opinions

• Reactions

• Traditions

Multiple Choice

Reviewers do not rely on mere opinions; rather, they use both proof and logical reasoning to substantiate their comments.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Which of the following can be a form of reaction paper?

• Lyric Poem

• Survey Report

• Movie Review

• Anecdotal Report

Multiple Choice

A reaction paper, review or critique generally use the same organization of ideas.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Why should we cite specific sources?

• It helps support claims.

• It makes the paper longer.

• It adds to the creativity.

• It makes the paper interesting.

Multiple Choice

As advanced forms of writing, reaction papers, reviews, and critiques require skills in critical thinking and recognizing arguments.

• TRUE

• FALSE

CRITICAL APPROACHES IN WRITING A CRITIQUE

• This approach regards

  literature as "a unique

  form of human knowledge
  that needs to be examined

  on its own terms".

• The key to understanding a text is through the text itself.

1. FORMALISM

• This focuses on how

  literature presents women

  as subjects of socio-

  political, psychological,

  and economic oppression.

• Its goal is "examining how

  the images of men and women in imaginative literature reflect or reject the social forces that have historically kept the sexes from achieving total equality

2. FEMINISM

• This approach "seeks to

  understand a literary work

  by investigating the social,

  cultural, and intellectual

  context that produced it -

  a context that necessarily

  includes the artist's biography and milieu".

3. HISTORICISM

• It attempts "to describe

  what happens in the

  reader's mind while

  interpreting a text" and

  reflects that reading, like

  writing, is a creative

  process.

• This approach claims that the reader's role cannot be separated from the understanding of the work; a text does not have meaning until the reader reads it and interprets it.

4. READER-RESPONSE

• It is concerned with

  differences between

  economic classes and

  implications of a capitalist

  system, such as the

  continuing conflicts

  between the working

  class and elite.

5. Marxism

Multiple Choice

Which critical approach focuses on understanding ways gender roles are reflected or contradicted by texts?

• READER-RESPONSE

• FEMINISM

• HISTORICISM

• MARXISM

• FORMALISM

Multiple Choice

Which critical approach focuses on ways texts reflect, reinforce, or challenge the effects of class, power relations, and social roles?

• READER-RESPONSE

• FEMINISM

• HISTORICISM

• MARXISM

• FORMALISM

Multiple Choice

Which critical approach focuses on understanding texts by viewing texts in the context of other texts?

• READER-RESPONSE

• FEMINISM

• HISTORICISM

• MARXISM

• FORMALISM

Multiple Choice

Which critical approach focuses on each reader’s personal reactions to a text?

• READER-RESPONSE

• FEMINISM

• HISTORICISM

• MARXISM

• FORMALISM

Multiple Choice

Reaction papers, reviews, and critiques usually range in length from...

• 50-60 words

• 100-150 words

• 250-750 words

• 50-100 words