How to write a review?

Review writing
2 M Regular
2023-2024
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Review writing
2 M Regular
2023-2024

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Structure
We are going to have a look at the typical requirements, structure and other little things you should include, leave out and/or be careful with. A review can be about a book/film/restaurant/dish etc. 

So let’s start by having a look at an example task that could be part of your writing test.

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Slide 2 - Tekstslide

What a typical review task looks like

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

What?
The first thing you should check when looking at a writing task is: what to include? 

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Slide 5 - Tekstslide


What to include?
A
explain what the main character did
B
what you liked about the main character

Slide 6 - Quizvraag


What to include?
A
what surprised you the most about the book
B
why it was suprising what the main character did

Slide 7 - Quizvraag


What to include?
A
what your favourite book genre is
B
whether or not you would recommend this book to other people

Slide 8 - Quizvraag

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

What to include?
Besides the title and introduction there are always three things the assignment tells you to write about. These are usually: 
  • a description (What did the main character do? / What was the film about? / What was the restaurant like?)
  • a discussion (Why was it surprising? / What did you like and dislike about it? / What makes the film different?)
  • a recommendation (Would you recommend the book to other people? / Would you advise watching the film? Would you recommend going there for dinner? )

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

Structure
The structure of our review (and every review, really) looks like this:

 1. Title
2. Introduction
3. Description (What did the main character do?)
4. Discussion (Why was it surprising?)
5. Recommendation (Would you recommend the book to other people?)

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

How many items should you include in your review?
A
3
B
4
C
5
D
6

Slide 12 - Quizvraag

Structure
The structure of our review (and every review, really) looks like this:

 1. Title
2. Introduction
3. Description (What did the main character do?)
4. Discussion (Why was it surprising?)
5. Recommendation (Would you recommend the book to other people?)

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

What is the correct structure of a review? Drag and drop!
Title
Introduction
Description
Discussion
Recommendation

Slide 14 - Sleepvraag

What is the correct structure of a review?

Slide 15 - Open vraag

Title
Make sure you have a title to attract the reader's attention.


Slide 16 - Tekstslide

Introduction
The main purpose of the introduction is to create interest so the reader wants to find out what you have to say about the book, film, restaurant or whatever you have to write about. You can use a few tricks to achieve that:

Firstly, start with a personalised question. This connects the reader to your review and makes them want to continue reading, and secondly, don’t give away the surprise but only give a little hint at it. This way, you can create even more excitement.


Slide 17 - Tekstslide

In your introduction you give a description of the book.
A
True
B
False

Slide 18 - Quizvraag

Starting your introduction with a personalised question is a good idea
A
True
B
False

Slide 19 - Quizvraag

Description
Here, you describe what the book is about. 
According to the assignment you need to give some information based on your instructions. In our example you have to say what surprising thing the main character did.
The best part about the description is that you don’t have to do anything special – just answer the question and move on. 




Slide 20 - Tekstslide

Description
1. Stick to the question and don’t talk about unrelated things.
2. Give some support to your answer (related details)
3. Use adjectives and adverbs to make it more interesting to read.

Include some descriptive adjectives and adverbs to make this paragraph a little bit more interesting (mysterious, ragged, exact, eventually, unexpected,
 brutally).



Slide 21 - Tekstslide

In your description you describe whatever you feel like
A
True
B
False

Slide 22 - Quizvraag

In your description you use lots of descriptive adjectives
A
True
B
False

Slide 23 - Quizvraag

Discussion
The next step is the discussion portion of your review. There is usually some part in which you have to give your opinion in every review writing task (that’s what discussion really means.) So it is really important to keep the following things in mind:

1. Again, don’t write about things that are not in the task.
2. Use specific language to give your opinion


Slide 24 - Tekstslide

Discussion
2. Use specific language to give your opinion:
o In my opinion/view, …
o For me, …
o I think/believe/feel that …
o I would say that …
o It seems to me that …


Slide 25 - Tekstslide

In your discussion you give your opinion
A
True
B
False

Slide 26 - Quizvraag

Recommendation
The last part of your review is usually a recommendation to your readers. Again: you have to use specific language to please the reader and to make it clear to the reader that you are recommending something.

Slide 27 - Tekstslide

Recommendation
1. Don’t mix up the recommendation with the other parts of your review.
2. Use specific language to give recommendations:
3. Write a final sentence to conclude the review.


Slide 28 - Tekstslide

Recommendation
2. Use specific language to give recommendations:
o I really recommend reading this book.
o I really suggest reading this book.
o I recommend that you read this book.
o I suggest that you read this book.
o You should read this book.
o You might want to read this book.



Slide 29 - Tekstslide

Write down one or more ways to recommend reading a book.

Slide 30 - Open vraag