COMPOSING AN

INDEPENDENT CRITIQUE
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 TYPES AND PURPOSE OF TEXT
Argumentative
Persuasive

REVIEW Informative

LANGUAGE FEATURES:
Repetition
Emotive Language
Rhetorical Questions
Opinion
Contradictions
Exclamations

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 Writing a critique requires you to
reassemble the elements in such a way that
WHAT IS your intended audience has a better
understanding of the story's strengths,
CRITIQUING? weaknesses, and highlights.

Critiquing a story is not primarily making a

summary; rather, it gives comments and
evaluates the specific work.

It is an in-depth evaluation of the story for

the purpose of giving the reading public
insight into the story.

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 Writing a critique on a chosen selection
helps you to develop:

WHY knowledge of the work’s subject area

CRITIQUE? or related works.

an understanding of the work’s

purpose intended audience,
development of argument, the
structure of the evidence, or
creative style.
a recognition of the strengths and
weaknesses of the work.

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 Before you start writing, it is
important to have a thorough
understanding of the work that will
HOW DO YOU be critiqued.
CRITIQUE? Study the work under discussion.
Make notes on key parts of the
work.
Develop an understanding of the
main argument or purpose being
expressed in the work.

Consider how the work relates to

a broader issue or context.

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 GUIDE IN WRITING 20XX

YOUR CRITIQUE

Item 1 Context Item 2 Authors Item 3 Your Reactions

What genre is it? Adventure?
Science fiction/ Fantasy?
Literary?
Intention
What is the author trying to
accomplish with the story? If
the story is meant to be funny
and isn't, or is meant to be a
morality? Tale? … in at least
one respect.
Note your reactions as you
read. Either keep a spare piece
of paper with you or mark
your reactions on the margin
of the text.

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 GUIDE IN WRITING
YOUR CRITIQUE
20XX

Item 4 Literary Item 5 Literary Item 6 Ending

Devices
Figures of speech used in the
literature and their purpose.
Technique
Ask yourself if these literary Decide how the ending
techniques make the reading relates both to the story as a
experience more enjoyable or whole and to its beginning.
strengthen the story. Does the ending resolve the
Figurative or Literal? plot and bring closure to the
crisis of the character?

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 It is very easy to critique, whether in a
short story, poem, in a certain situation,
or even to a person, but remember that
critical thinking is also needed in making
THINGS TO your own critique.

REMEMBER Let us inculcate in our minds that

making a critique does not always equate
to negative feedback. Rather, let us use
this as an academic assessment of a
work or idea.

Composing an independent critique of a

chosen selection will also help you to
develop knowledge of the work’s subject
area or related works.

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understand the work’s purpose, intended
 TIME TO CRITIQUE
INSTRUCTIONS
With your respective group, read and understand the literary piece
assigned to you.
Make a critique paper using the concept map below.
Make sure that you will discuss this with your members.
One or two members will be selected to report your work in front of
your classmates.
Hence, you need to make visual aid.

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