A Review or Evaluative Essay
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Subject English
Deadline (Pacific Time) 04/27/2017 12:00 am
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A Review or Evaluative Essay
You are to review or evaluate a literary work, a film, a play or a concert, i. e. any artistic performance. It should be something about which you know and care. If you choose a work in the arts, you can choose a book, film, musical piece, artistic exhibit, drama, concert or an artistic performance. Strive to say something new and fresh. Do NOT simply say what others have said.
� The essay should be a minimum of 2 doublespaced typed pages in MLA format.
� Make sure you review and evaluate, and do NOT just summarize or give information. The purpose of the essay is to have an opinion about your subject and then support that view with a minimum of 3 points that are developed into paragraphs!
� Do NOT use first person �I� statements in your paper. Just state your view as fact and then support it.
� Do use a website that needs documentation and provide in-text citations and a bibliography, according to MLA.
� You will have an overarching thesis that should be deepened and reinforced throughout your paper.
Example: The rendition of La Boheme by New York�s Metropolitan Opera was stunning.
� You should have a minimum of 3 points based on clear criteria and those should be developed into paragraphs.
Example:
1.) The musical score delivered by the orchestra was masterful.
2.) The performance by the lead singers was nothing short of inspirational.
3.) The set and costume design were realistic and believable.
� Make sure that it matters to you but also know that it can light-hearted and/or serious.
� Make sure you audience knows why it matters to you by the end of the essay.
� Your review should resonate with your audience. The meaning of it should be something many people could relate to and understand.
� At the same time, try to make its meaning fresh and insightful and not merely just the obvious. Make sure your introduction grabs your reader�s attention, and your conclusion avoids some merely what is obvious. Leave your reader with a power punch, something about which to think further.
� Your essay should reflect your thinking, and while the essay may in many ways only reach the level of �comprehension,� it should ultimately reach �synthesis� because it should be coherent, that is, unified in its purpose, which would be the IDEA you will deliver to your audience from this comparison. In short, your essay should deliver a significant IDEA for your readers to consider and from which they are stimulated perhaps to think even further.
� This idea will be your thesis, and one that is free of only surface level thinking and clich�s.
General Comments on Writing Evaluations:
The goal is to evaluate or review a performance or the like, while holding the reader’s interest, and ultimately to gain a conclusion about the two.
The general characteristics of a review may include:
1. revealing something of importance
make a point and that point is usually defined in the first paragraph but may appear as the last sentence in the first paragraph
2. depicting subject vividly
bring the evaluation to life by using your senses to depict concrete examples: how did it look, sound, feel, smell.
3. showing, not telling
use vivid, precise, and vital verbs, subjects and descriptors when describing your topic
4. presenting points in a interesting and understandable order
use a progression with good transitions when moving from point-to-point
A Brief Guide to Writing Evaluative Essays
Features
1. The review should have an introduction that clearly indicates the direction of the essay, and it should have a conclusion that makes a point.
2. The essay should include examples or anecdotes from the performance. The author should describe the items in some detail. It’s okay to include dialogue as long as you know how to punctuate it correctly and as long as you avoid using too much.
3. The event described must be suggestive in that your description and thoughts lead the reader to reflect on the human experience.
4. The writing in your essay should be lively and show some style. Try to describe ideas and events in new and different ways. Avoid using clich�s. Again, get the basic evaluation down, get it organized, and in your final editing process, work on word choice.
