How to write a review

How to write a review
By Marije de Vreeze
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How to write a review
By Marije de Vreeze

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Index
  • What is a review?
  • Before you start
  • Part of review structure: Introduction
  • Part of review structure: Body (verwerking)
  • Part of review structure: Conclusion (conclusie/slot)
  • After the review

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What is a review?
Take a guess!

Slide 3 - Mind map

What is a review?
  • A review is a critical evaluation of a book/article/film/text/object.
  • The goal of a review is to judge something, so you want to state your opinion and support it based on arguments.
  • So you don't say: I think the movie is terrible. But you do say: I think the movie is terrible because the costumes were not suitable for the movie.

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Before you start
  • Know your audience, who are you writing this for? Who will read this review? (young/old/gamer/soccerplayer/etc)
  • Search for information (complete title of a film (or book), name of author/creator, publisher, publication date)
  • Check your facts; details must be true and not false
  • Determine your angle: positive or negative review?
  • ! Kies positief of negatief als richtlijn, je moet wel proberen zowel positieve als negatieve dingen op te noemen in je review, maar focus op positief of negatief specifiek.

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Before you start
  • Example: music album: describe instruments/vocals on a particular song
  • Example: film: talk about why the acting is amazing (or bad) and give examples from the film
  • Make it personal: Tell why you liked a particular scene in a movie, give readers something to relate to
    (let them agree with you, the writer)
  • If you're not writing your review about a film/book you can talk about features of an object you're reviewing or a game for example.

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Introduction
  • The introduction is the first paragraph of your review (eerste alinea). It should grab the reader's attention and introduce the review's subject 
  • It should also provide the basic details: title, author, publication date, genre, etc.
    Or if you're reviewing an object or something else, the basic details: Playstation 4 for example, what's the publication year? What is it? etc.

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Body of the review (verwerking)
  • Synopsis (korte inhoud) of the plot plus your overall impression of the subject, let the readers know what your opinion is. 
  • Again: let op de alinea's!
  • Don't spoil the reader, if you're writing about a film or book!
  • Use synonyms! You can use the website, fill in a word and you'll see the synonyms (for example: good - excellent, then you can use the word excellent) https://www.thesaurus.com/

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Conclusion
  • This is the last paragraph of your review! Tell the reader your opinion of the success/failure of the product (film/book/object),
    advise readers to read the book for example and don't forget to present your arguments why they have to read the book.
  • In the conclusion you'll repeat the arguments of the body. Did you like the book? Tell the readers your argument you've told them in the body (repeat it shortly)
  • In the next slide you'll see an example of a review.

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After the review
  • Check your grammar on the website www.grammarly.com watch out, sometimes the grammarcheck gives 'suggestions' to change a word. You don't have to do this, it's only to check your mistakes and word order.

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