Component 2 Transactional Writing Reviews Flashcards
Topic of a review
What are you reviewing - given in question
How you feel about the topic - your views about it
Audience of a review
Audience given in question
What do you need to include to engage the audience?
Purpose of a review
What your review aim to achieve
Examples:
trying to persuade others to watch/not watch a film
Are you reviewing something positive or negative?
Register of a review
What is the appropriate tone for your writing?
If you love what you are reviewing, your tone will be positive, light and fully engaging.
If you dislike what you are reviewing you may be sarcastic, negative, dismissive about it.
Format of a review
clear title
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Make sure you conclude your review with final recommendations and a rating on the subject being reviewed.
review
an evaluation
You can review most things - books, articles, films, cars, buildings, art, fashion, restaurants, music…
likely that you would be asked to review something familiar to you in the question
What must every review make
an argument
it is a commentary, not just a summary.
Unless you are specifically told to write a positive review, you can choose what you say about the thing you are reviewing.
Always state your opinions, give some supporting reasons, and add a conclusion with recommendations and perhaps a rating.
Common features of a review
gives reader a short summary of the subject being reviewed - can include a brief description.
offers a critical assessment - you need to include your opinions or reactions to the work being reviewed.
Consider if it was effective or persuasive.
Did you love it or hate it?
A review often suggests whether or not reader would appreciate or like it
Structure of a review
Catchy heading
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4 / conclusion
Way of impressing the reader in a review
Using parenthesis through en dashes, brackets, commas
Phrases that can be used in a review
