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This document provides information about reaction papers, reviews, and critiques. It begins by defining these types of academic writing as specialized forms of evaluation that assess scholarly works, works of art, designs, or graphic designs. It notes they typically range from 250-750 words and involve critical thinking skills. Next, it outlines four common approaches to critiques: formalism, feminist criticism, reader-response criticism, and Marxist criticism. It describes what each approach focuses on and common aspects analyzed using that approach. Finally, it details the typical structure of a reaction paper, review, or critique. This includes an introduction, summary, review/critique section, and conclusion. It also notes some variations in structure depending on

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Reaction Paper

This document provides information about reaction papers, reviews, and critiques. It begins by defining these types of academic writing as specialized forms of evaluation that assess scholarly works, works of art, designs, or graphic designs. It notes they typically range from 250-750 words and involve critical thinking skills. Next, it outlines four common approaches to critiques: formalism, feminist criticism, reader-response criticism, and Marxist criticism. It describes what each approach focuses on and common aspects analyzed using that approach. Finally, it details the typical structure of a reaction paper, review, or critique. This includes an introduction, summary, review/critique section, and conclusion. It also notes some variations in structure depending on

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Reaction Paper

Lesson Objectives:

 At the end of the lesson, the learners must have:


1. Given the meaning of the word, review when used in
academic context;
2. Expressed in words their review or evaluation of the
text/film presented; and
3. Written a reaction paper using the correct format in
critiquing/reviewing.
What are Reaction Papers, Reviews,
and Critiques?
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, film, exhibits)
 Designs (e.g., industrial designs, furniture, fashion design)
 Graphic designs (e.g., posters, billboards, commercials, and digital media)

- Range in length from 250-750 words


- Critical assessments, analyses, or evaluation of different works
- Advance form of writing that involves skills in critical thinking and recognizing arguments (uses
proofs and logical reasoning to substantiate their comments)
Critical Approaches in Writing a
Critique:

1) Formalism – claims that literary works contain intrinsic


properties and treats each work as a distinct work of
art
- it posits that the key to understanding a text is
through the text itself
Common aspects looked into a formalism:

 author’s techniques in resolving contradictions within the work


 Central passage that sums up the entirety of the work
 Contribution of parts and the work as a whole to its easthetic
quality
 Relationship of the form and the content
 Use of imagery to develop the symbols used in the work
 Interconnectedness of various parts of the work
 Paradox, ambiguity, and irony in the work
 Unity in the work
2) Feminist Criticism
- focuses on how literature presents women as subjects
of socio-political, psychological, and economic
oppression.
- it reveals how aspects of our patriarchal, how our
culture views men as superior and women inferior.
Common aspects looked into when
using feminism are as follows:

 How culture determines gender


 How gender inequality (or the lack of it) is presented in
the text
 How gender issues are presented in literary works and
other aspects of human production and daily life
 How women are socially, politically, psychologically and
economically oppressed by patriarchy
 How patriarchal ideology is an overpowering presence
3) Reader-Response Criticism

- concerned with the reviewer’s reaction as an audience of a work; the text


does not have meaning until the reader reads it and interprets it

Common Aspect looked into:


- Interaction between the reader and the text in creating meaning
- The impact of readers’ delivery of sounds and visuals on enhancing and
changing meaning
4) Marxist Criticism

- concerned with the differences between economic classes and


implications of a capitalist system, such as the continuing conflicts between
the working class and the elite

Common Aspects looked into:


- Social class as represented in the work
- Social class of the writer/creator
- Social class of the characters
- Conflicts and interactions between economic classes
Structure of a Reaction Paper, Review, or
Critique

 Introduction (around 5% of the paper)

- Title of the book/ article/ work


- Writer’s name
- Thesis statement

 Summary (around 10% of the paper)


- objective or purpose
- methods used (if applicable)
- major findings, claims, ideas, or messages
Structure of a Reaction Paper, Review, or
Critique
 Review/ Critique (in no particular order and around 75% of the paper)
- appropriateness of methodology to support arguments (for books
and articles) or appropriateness of mode of presentation
- theoretical soundness, coherence of ideas
- sufficiency and soundness of explanation in relation to other
available information and experts
- other perspectives in explaining the concepts and ideas
- it is best to ask the following questions during this part:
 Does the writer explicitly state his thesis statement?
 What are the assumptions (scientific/ logical/ literary explanation without evidence) mentioned in the
work? Are they explicitly discussed?
Structure of a Reaction Paper, Review, or
Critique

 What are the contributions of the work to the field where it belongs?
 What problems/issues are discussed or presented in the work?
 What kind of presentation are presented in the work?
 Are there other ways of supporting the arguments or thesis aside from the information used in the work?

 Conclusion
- Overall impression of the work
- scholarly or literary value of the reviewed article, book, or work
- benefits for the intended audience or field
- suggestion for future direction of research
Structure of other Types of Reviews:

 Introduction
 Plot Summary/Description
 Analysis/Interpretation
 Conclusion/Evaluation
- The End -
PREPARED BY: JOANE L. GUERRERO, M.A. ED.

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