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    The document provides information on writing book reviews and article critiques. It defines each type of writing and their purposes. A book review evaluates and analyzes a book's content and style, while an article critique comments on and assesses an article. The main purpose is to objectively argue for or against the author's ideas. An effective review or critique includes an introduction with background on the author and work, a body that analyzes and evaluates the work, and a conclusion that summarizes the overall assessment.

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    Purposeful Writing in the

    Disciplines and for Professions

    BOOK REVIEW OR
    ARTICLE CRITIQUE
    Learning Objective
    At the end of the lesson, the students
    will be able to:
    1. Determine the main purpose in
    writing a book review or article
    critique.
    2. Identify the unique features of a
    book review or an article critique.
    ARTICLE
    BOOK REVIEW
    CRITIQUE
     A type of literary  It analyzes and
    criticism in which a comments on an article
    book’s content and or text, instead of an
    style is evaluated and entire book.
    analyzed.  It is more a commentary.
     It could be a single It presents a critical
    paragraph or may be assessment of the
    as long as a substantial article’s content, and may
    essay. offer agreement or
    disagreement about the
     It may also be used to
    ideas written in the
    present idea or display article.
    learning.
    Purpose in Writing a Book Review
     The main purpose in writing a book
    review or an article critique is to
    argue for or against the ideas
    presented by the author.
     To objectively evaluate a book and
    give your honest reflections and
    thoughts about the book’s main
    message, content, merit, and style.
    Requirements In Making An Effective
    Book Review
    1. The critic must report what the book does.
    2. The critic must judge how well the author
    has done his job.
    3. The critic must provide enough evidence
    from the book itself to support or illustrate
    his judgement.
    4. The critic must be fair in making his own
    judgement about somebody else’s written
    work.
    Pre-Writing of Book Review
    1. Read and understand the material/book.
    You hare to go beyond the content of
    the book.
    2. Take down notes. Write down the
    elements which will be useful in your
    review: title, theme of the book,
    characters, mood and tone, author’s
    style of writing and language and the
    purpose.
    Pre-Writing of Book Review
    3. Formulate questions about the
    content.

    4. Read the material more than once


    fro an in-depth understanding of
    what the author is trying to convey.
    Writing of a Book Review/Article
    Critique
    I. INTRODUCTION
     Know the author’s background information
    (Life, beliefs).
     Mention the title of the material.
     State the author’s main purpose or
    argument.
     Come up with a thesis statement. Are you
    in the positive side or in the negative side?
    Are you for or against the main argument?
    Writing of a Book Review/Article
    Critique
    II. BODY
     This is the analysis and evaluation part of
    the review.
     Mention setting, theme, plot,
    characterization, and other significant
    literary devices used by the author.
     What are the strength and weakness of the
    book?
     State whether the book is informative,
    entertaining or meaningful. Would you
    recommend it to others?
    Writing of a Book Review/Article
    Critique
    II. BODY
    Present your ideas clearly.
    Support your ideas with pieces of
    evidences.
    State if there is any significant
    human experience and
    relationships that you can relate
    with in the material.
    Writing of a Book Review/Article
    Critique
    III. CONCLUSION
    This is the brief summary of your
    overall evaluation of the material.

    Include here the main reasons why


    you agree or disagree with the
    author.
    Writing of a Book Review/Article
    Critique
    III. CONCLUSION
    You can also write a memorable
    statement here or repeat a key word
    from the introduction.

    After writing the review or critique, do


    not forget to cite the references you
    used for your paper.

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