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The document serves as a reviewer for English X, focusing on literary criticism, its definitions, and various approaches including structuralism, formalism, moralism, Marxism, and feminism. It also outlines the elements of a short story and provides a structure for writing an informative essay, detailing its parts such as introduction, body, and conclusion. Each section emphasizes the importance of analysis, interpretation, and effective communication in literature and writing.

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English X Reviewer (1)

The document serves as a reviewer for English X, focusing on literary criticism, its definitions, and various approaches including structuralism, formalism, moralism, Marxism, and feminism. It also outlines the elements of a short story and provides a structure for writing an informative essay, detailing its parts such as introduction, body, and conclusion. Each section emphasizes the importance of analysis, interpretation, and effective communication in literature and writing.

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English X – 3rd Quarter Reviewer

Literary Criticism

LITERARY
Literary means refer to the various tools and techniques that writers use to convey their ideas,
emotions, and themes in a more vivid, meaningful, or engaging

CRITIQUE
A critique refers to a detailed analysis, evaluation, or assessment of something, typically a
creative work, such as a piece of writing, artwork, film, or performance.

CRITICISM
Criticism is the practice of analyzing, evaluating, and interpreting something, often with the goal
of providing a detailed assessment. It involves examining various aspects of a subject, such as
its strengths, weaknesses, and overall impact. Criticism can be applied to many areas, including
literature, art, music, films, and even behavior or ideas.

Literary Criticism
Literary criticism is the comparison, analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of works of
literature. Literary criticism is essentially an opinion, supported by evidence, relating to theme,
style, setting or historical or political context.

APPROCHES

STRUCTURALIST/ FORMALIST

Structuralism Approach

- it is a method of interpreting and analyzing a literary piece that focuses on contrasting


ideas and show how they relate to the whole structure.
Formalism Approach

- An approach that study text as a text. it views literature as a unique form of human
knowledge that needs to be examined on its own terms. in formalism approach a literary
work can be understood only by reference to its intrinsic features which are the elements
such as the character, setting, the plot, the point of view and symbolism.

Moralist Approach

- A moralistic approach focuses individuals, couples, families, and professionals on a


moralistic definition of relationship, life, and family processes that presumes a moral
ascendancy of one value system over others.

Marxist Approach

- Marxism posits that the struggle between social classes—specifically between the
bourgeoisie, or capitalists, and the proletariat, or workers—defines economic relations in
a capitalist economy and will lead inevitably to a communist revolution.

Feminist Approach

- Theories and movement that fight for women’s rights and liberation are broadly referred
to as feminism that works towards equality, not female superiority. Feminists respect
individual, informed choices and believe there shouldn’t be a double standard in judging
a person. It portrays characters/ideas that attempt to change gender norms.

Elements of a short story:

Setting - the time and place of the story


Characters - the people or inanimate beings that carry the action of the story
Plot - the series of event of the story

Conflict - the struggle between two opposing forces and provides tension in the story
Theme - the message the writer is trying to convey through the story
Point of view - the perspective from which a story is told

Tone - the way the author expresses his attitude through his writing
Mood - the emotional atmosphere within the story produced by the author’s use of language
Style - technique of the author in writing

Informative Essay
- is a type of writing that aims to educate or inform the reader about a particular topic.

Parts of Informative Essay:

Introduction
- the introduction serves as the opening of the essay, setting the stage for the information
that follows: It generally includes:

Hook
- a sentence designed to grab the readers’ attention.

Background Information
- brief context to introduce the topic and give the reader an understanding of what they will
learn.

Thesis Statement
- a clear, concise statement that outlines the main focus or purpose of the essay.

Body
- where the main information is presented.

Topic Sentence
- each paragraphs starts with a topic sentence that introduces the main idea of the
paragraph.

Evidence and Details


- heart of the body paragraph, where facts, examples, statistics or explanations are
presented to support the topic’s sentence.

Explanation and Analysis


- it is important to explain or analyze the evidence to show how it supports the overall
thesis.

Smooth Transitions
- each paragraphs should connect to the next logically, using transitional phrases.

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