PART 2
REACTION PAPER
• Critiques are an important rhetorical pattern
in academic writing as they present a balanced
view of things
• Is a task that requires a student to analyze
information and give comments on a certain
text or media
• A reaction paper is different from a review in
that it is composed in the first person and
assumes subjective point of view  • Do not get carried away with criticism
• Requires giving analysis of information and
giving comments on a certain issue
• Two main features: first person POV,
subjective
TIPS IN DEVELOPING YOUR CRITIQUE
• Remember that the critique should be
accessible to the audience
• Relating your critique to greater realities will
also help you ground your critique on the wider
scheme of things
ORDER
• The first part should provide readers a sense
of the ideas you want to tackle
• The next part should provide a summary of
the concept
• Strengths and weaknesses should be part of
the critique
• The final section should include the final
recommendations of the author
FOCUSES AND OBJECTIVES
• to serve as a response paper
• to create an avenue for student to share their
feelings on a topic
• to highlight significance of the work to the
problem or issues of the present
• to relate the materials to the readers
experiences, feelings, and ideas
• to understand comprehensively a particular
issue
• to evaluate the merit of the work
• to recommend the work to others or not at all
TIPS
• Read the material carefully
• Mark interesting places while
reading/watching
• Write down your thought while
reading/watching
• Come up with a thesis statement
• Compose an outline
STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO HELP YOU GET YOUR
REACTION PAPER DONE
• Start with a draft
• Express your opinion
• Construct your reaction paper
POSITION PAPER
• Devoted to a discussion of one side of an issue
• Tackles one significant issue of a community
• Taking a side of an issue based on facts
• Convinces but with credibility
ISSUE
• It is developed into an argumentative thesis
that states the stand of the author on the issue
CLAIM
• Statements that support the author’s stand
EVIDENCE
• Proofs to strengthen the author’s claims
1. Evidence from surveys, library research,
and experiments.
2. Evidence from informant interviews
(those who have direct experience
related to the problem/issue)
3. Evidence from expert interviews
PARTS OF THE POSITION PAPER
• Introduction
> Background Information
• Summary of Counterclaims
• Arguments
• Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
• Contains background information concerning
the issue (who, what, where, when, and why), a
yes or no question containing issue and the
argumentative thesis
 POSING A QUESTION
 STATING RELEVENAT QUOTE
 CAPTURE READERS ATTENTION
  MAKE A STRONG STATEMENT
SUMMARY OF COUNTER CLAIMS
• Constitute the second paragraph of your
position paper and its devoted to an
enumeration of arguments opposing a stand
• It’s a unique feature of argumentations as it
highlights the author’s opposite claims
ARGUMENTS
• “An exchange of diverging or opposite views,
typically a heated or angry one”
• “A reason or set of reasons given with the aim
of persuading others that an action or idea is
right or wrong.”
CONCLUSION
• Contains a restatement of your thesis and
summarizes your main claims
• Contains thesis statement and gives reader a
strong sense of the author’s position
CONCEPT PAPER
•Concept papers are summaries of projects or
issues that reflect the interests, experience and
expertise of the writer or organization
• Concept papers generally serve the purpose of
providing in-depth discussion of a topic that the
writer has a strong position on
USES OF CONCEPT PAPER
1. To interest potential funders
2. To develop potential solutions
3. to determine whether a project is fundable
4. to serve as the foundation of a full proposal
FIVE COMPONENTS OF AN EFFECTIVE CONCEPT
PAPER
1. Introduction
2. Purpose or Rationale
3. Project Description
4. Support or Budget
5. Contact Information