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 OBJEC
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• Differentiate the purposes of a reaction paper,
review paper, and critique paper.

• Use appropriate critical thinking in writing a

critique such as formalism, feminism, etc.

• Write an objective/ balanced critique of a work

of art, an event or a program.
Learning how to express yourself is
vital as a student.
Failure on how to present your
opinions with supporting evidences
is a common dilemma among young
learners.
Goldier & Coirier, 1994, cited in Philippakos, 2017
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texts
Are specialized
forms of writing
in which an
Can be
written in 250
Present
summaries
to 750 words. and opinions
author reviews or
evaluates a but with proofs
subject. and evidences.
In the academe, several kinds of papers
require you to write your opinions, such
examples of these are the:

1. reaction
paper
2. review
paper
3. critique
 reaction
• This paper allows or asks a person to write a
paper
reaction on something that he or she had seen,
heard, or experienced.
• Your focus is not only on the details, but also your
reaction to it; either it has a positive or negative
impact toward you.
• An assessment is also needed in this paper.
• Be objective and careful; balance your opinion with
verifiable facts.
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After attending a conference, aside from sequence of
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the seminar (topics, objectives and flow), you also
have to discuss how you feel after the conference.

Here are some guide questions when writing a reaction paper:

1.What is the book, event, or phenomenon about?

2.Did it meet its objective/s?
3.How do I feel about it? Did it influence me in a
negative or positive way?
4. What insights did I get from it?
5. Did I tactfully justify my reaction toward the
book, event, place, thing, etc.?

• Formal evaluation for a certain

work or topic
• Written by lay persons
• Also form of an assessment
• Subjective type
• Lacks technical basis
• Can be written by everyone not
just an expert
• More likely a report to a reference
 rEVIEW
• This paper focuses on topics like event,
paper
book, restaurant, art, exhibit, performance,
movie or latest trend. Included also are
tourist destinations, government policies,
and social phenomena.
• This is a commentary involving your opinion
that requires your persuasion and critical
thinking.
 rEVIEW
paper
• Your purpose here is for your readers to
have informed decision based on your
writing.
• In writing the paper, you are expected to be
unbiased on the evaluation, which is done
by combining your opinion or appraisal with
accurate facts.
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When you write a book review, a quotation of specific
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parts can be done and express your agreement or
disagreement towards it. Also, the meaning of the
book can be explained literally or symbolically.
Moreover, the persuasion or dissuasion can be done.

The following questions can be your guide to make a good

review paper:

1. Does my review reflect my understanding of the book,

event, or phenomenon that I am evaluating?
2. Did I highlight important aspects of the book,
event, or phenomenon?

3. Have I included enough details and evidence to

help readers evaluate the merits of the book, event,
place or phenomenon that I am evaluating?

4. Have I been fair in my evaluation?

5. Did I make a clear argument? Did I support my
opinion with accurate, verifiable facts?

6. Have I given my readers enough basis to make

an informed judgment based on my evaluation?
• More matured
• Include facts
• Integrate comments
and ecommendation
 CRITIQUE
paper
• Among the three, this is the most academic.
• An intellectual discourse that involves a
writer’s evaluation of an event, book, place,
or phenomenon.
• Relating to other works similar to the
subject can be done.
CRITIQUE
paper
• This is also called as an expanded reaction
paper, because it requires a thorough
examination of a subject.
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Critique of an artist’s work, literary criticism, and
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scholarly essays about an evaluation of a project.

The following questions can be your guide to make a good

review paper:

1.Who is the creator? Is the work presented objectively

or subjectively?
2.What are the aims of the work? Were the aims
achieved?
3. What techniques, styles, media were used in the
work? Are they effective in portraying the purpose?

4. What assumptions underlie the work? Do they

affect its validity?

5. What types of evidence or persuasion are used?

Has evidence been interpreted fairly?
6. How is the work structured? Does it favor a
particular interpretation or point of view? Is it
effective?

7. Does the work enhance understanding of key

ideas or theories? Does the work engage (or fail to
engage) with key concepts or other works in its
discipline?
• Commonly written by
experts of certain fields
• Typically technical and
objective type of paper
• Includes an overall
assessment
• Shows both the negatives
and the positives of a
topic
• Has a sound technical
basis.
• To review something in a
critical way.
• Describes, analyzes,
interprets and evaluates.
• Components of critique
paper are study design and
purpose, theoretical theory,
level of evidence, sample,
data analysis, data
collection.
 CRITICAL
APPROACH
IN WRITING
Writing your critique may be hard, especially if you
do not know how you will write it. Determining what
approach to use can direct your writing on the things
that you want to point out. There are many critical
approach in critique writing, but for now, we will
focus on four of them: formalism, feminism, reader-
response theory, and Marxism.
Formalis
This focuses on the structure of the text,

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without considering the outside influence
surrounding it such as name of the author and
belief, time when it was written or made, and
the reader; the only way to understand the text
is by the text itself.
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"Dead Stars" by Paz Marquez
can indeed be analyzed
using a formalist approach.
Formalism focuses on the
structure, style, and language
of a literary work, rather than
its social, cultural, or historical
context.
Feminis
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This advocates the right of women based on the
equality of sexes; shows the oppression of
women or the elimination of it as literature is a
reflection and influenced by culture by using
women as the theme of political, psychological,
and economic issues.
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"Circe" by Madeline Miller is
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often analyzed and appreciated

novel focuses on the life and

transformation of Circe, giving
voice and agency to a
character who, in traditional
Greek mythology, is often
depicted as a minor
enchantress or antagonist.
Reader-Response
Theory
This focuses on how the readers react on a
work because a work does not have meaning
unless a reader reacts on it.
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LE: In this book, Fowler applies
reader-response criticism to the
Gospel of Mark, encouraging
readers to actively engage with
the text and participate in
creating its meaning.
 Marxi
This work of art is a reflection of social struggle

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(social class) and materialism and deals how
literature can be an agent for social change or
development.
• Bourgeoisie - Is the other term for rich
people.
• Proletariats - Is the other term for
poor people.
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The novel explores the divide
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between the wealthy and the

characters of Jay Gatsby, Tom

Buchanan, and George Wilson.
It highlights the disparities and
tensions between different
social classes.
 take
note:
Reaction papers, reviews, critiques allow
writers to express their views, enabling others
to share their point or a contrary viewpoint.
Although they rely on the writer’s opinion, as
with all types of academic writing, these
types of papers require evidence in the form
of facts, statistics, examples, testimony.
 take
note:
In writing an academic text, you need to follow
the three-point rule which is the INTRODUCTION,
BODY and the CONCLUSION.

REFERENCES
• List of materials used and cited in
writing the paper.
• Make sure they are reliable to increase
credibility among your readers.
 INTRO
DUCTI
Includes important information about the literary
work such as:

• ON
Artist or author
• Title
• When and where it was published or shown.
• Overview of the work
• Thesis statement
 body
Support it with information and evidences
indicated in the work.

• Use quote and cite a certain part of a work if

you want to use it.

• Each paragraph should contain only one idea

(topic sentence), supporting your thesis
statement.
 body
This part contains reaction of the work. You can
react based on:

• How it is related to the present-day problems of

the world, your life, experiences, feelings, and
ideas.

• How it affects your understanding or

perspective of a certain issue.
 conclu
sion
• Restatement of your paper’s content.
• A commentary of your reaction.
• Should not include new information.
• You may also indicate here whether you
recommend or not the work to others and justify
it.
Thank
You