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use appropriate critical approaches*

in writing a critique such as formalism,
feminism, reading response, Marxism;
2. recognize the characteristics of
critical approaches; and

3. write an objective/balanced review

or critique of a work of art, an event
or a program.
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• a recognition of
the strengths •
and weaknesses
of the work
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The following are some essential questions in Formalism:
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The following are some essential questions in Feminism:

1. What are the attitudes toward

women held by the male characters?

2. How are men and women typically

presented?

3. Do any stereotypical
characterizations of women appear?
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The following are some essential questions in Marxism:
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The following are some essential questions in
Reader’s Response:
• Form and Structure • Class and Materialism

• Women and Equality • Reader’s interpretation

1. Introduction

2. Summary

3. Critical Evaluation

4. Conclusion
 INTRODUCTION
around 5% of the paper

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 Summary
around 10% of the paper

o Objective or purpose
o Methods used (if applicable)
o Major findings, claims, ideas, or
messages

• Description of work

• (What happened in the program?

First…Then… After that….
Finally,…In the end…)
• What are characteristics of the
work?
CRITICAL EVALUATION
around 75% of the paper, in no order

• Systematic and detailed

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assessment of the different
elements of the work,
evaluating how well the
creator was able to achieve
the purpose through these.
 Critical Questions Examples

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 CONCLUSION
around 10% of the paper

• Comparison to a similar work

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