Critical Review

What is a critical review?

• The summary of a literary work

• An essay about any type of text

• A text presenting a justified opinion about a literary work

• A commentary on a certain book

Is a review different from a critical review?

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is the first thing you should do when writing a critical review?

• Questioning a book´s information

• Read a literary work

• Selecting a topic that catches your attention and presenting your point of view

• Researching aspects related to the book such as its context

It is another way to call the main body of a critical review:

Which of the following are strategies you can use when writing the summary of a criticla review?

• Writing about the author´s intention

• Narrating in general terms what the work is about

• Writing about the structure of a text

• Explaining which are the main concepts of a text

The critical review should do a balanced discussion between the ________ and ________ of a literary work:

What is a bibliographical reference?

• A personal commentary

• A book

• The data from a visited source

• The name of a text´s author

How can you manage to write a fair and reasonable critical review?

What piece of information should go first when writing a reference in APA form?

• The initial letter of the author´s name

• The last name of the author followed by their initial

• The publication year

• The title

According to APA format, where should you use indentation?

• Just in the last paragraph

• At the beginning of each paragraph

• Before the title

• In the middle of the main body