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I. Title: Conventional and 21st Century Genres Most Essential Learning Competency
Enhance your competency on how to differentiate the various 21st century literary genres and the ones from the
original genres, citing their elements, structures and traditions.

II. Objectives
1. How to Express Personal Opinion
2. Approaches in Literary Criticism
3. Writing a Reaction Paper/ Review / Critique

III. Instructions: Below are the activities with regard to this topic. Read the directions of every activity and
answer what is asked.

I. Activities

Activity 1 MULTIPLE CHOICE

Directions: Read the questions below. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Which of the following is NOT true about the reaction paper?
A. It is purely made of opinions.
B. It may include the main purpose of the event.
C. It conveys incisive insights into its analysis of events.
D. It is mainly written to communicate a fair assessment.

2. Which of the following can be a form of a reaction paper?

A. lyric poem
B. movie review
C. survey report
D. anecdotal report

3. Which of the following is needed to make objective assessment?

A. facts
B. opinions
C. reactions
D. traditions

4. Which of the following is not a form of reaction paper?

A. appeal
B. protest
C. reflection
D. report

5. Why should we cite specific sources?

A. It helps support claims.
B. It adds to the creativity.
C. It makes the paper longer.
D. It makes the paper interesting.
6. Which critical approach focuses on understanding ways gender roles are reflected or contradicted by texts?
A. Marxist
B. Feminism
C. Historicism
D. Reader-response

7. Which critical approach focuses on ways texts reflect, reinforce, or challenge the effects of class, power
relations, and social roles?
A. Marxist
B. Feminism
C. Historicism
D. Reader-response

8. Which critical approach focuses on understanding texts by viewing texts in the context of other texts?
A. Marxist
B. Feminism
C. Historicism
D. Reader-response

9. Which critical approach focuses on each reader's personal reactions to a text?

A. Marxist
B. Feminism
C. Historicism
D. Reader-response

10. Which critical approach focuses on "objectively" evaluating the text, identifying its underlying form. It may
study, for example, a text's use of imagery, metaphor, or symbolism?
A. Formalism
B. Historicism
C. Media Criticism
D. Reader-response

Activity 2
Directions: Read the text “The Digital Divide: The Challenge of Technology and Equity” found in the page 12 of
your module. Summarize the text by completing organizer with details about the text. Write your answer on a
separate sheet of paper.

Main Idea
Paragraph 1
Details
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Paragraph 2 Details
Main Idea

Paragraph 3 Details
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Paragraph 4 Details
Main Idea
Paragraph 5 Details

Activity 3 TRUE OR FALSE

Directions: Read the statements below. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is not.
1. A review or reaction paper involves higher order thinking skills.
2. A reaction paper, review and critique generally used the same organization of ideas.
3. A review must always be organized using a structure.
4. Feminist criticism relates to conflicts between ideas.
5. Marxist criticism involves the analysis of the intrinsic features of a text.
6. More than half of a review or critique should be devoted to the summary.
7. The name of an author and title of the reviewed article are placed at the end of a review or critique.
8. The reviewer’s overall impression of the material being reviewed should be placed in the introduction.
9. When writing a review, reaction paper, or critique, only one perspective should be used.
10. Writing a reaction paper, review or critique is exclusive for scholars.