Critique Of Author's Argument Analysis
Critique Writing
Definition: A critique is a critical or judgmental review of some kind of text. In a critique you may evaluate the author’s opinion, supporting material, and argument.
A Five-Step Approach to Writing a Critique:
1. Introduce the Critique’s Subject. Introduce the work under analysis, identify the author, and provide preliminary information about both. Indicate your thesis (your judgment) and the criteria (how you intend the judge the work).
2. Review the Background Facts or Issues. Review what must be understood before the piece’s idea can be appreciated. Can you identify other data or related issues?
3. Summary of Author’s Argument. Reviews author’s argument and key assumption that one must know before appreciating your …show more content…
His earliest films (Dementia 13, 1963; Finian’s Rainbow, 1968) are undistinguished and do not hint at the talent that suddenly burst forth in The Godfather (1972), the most successful example of the epic narrative film-making produced by a major studio since Gone With the Wind. Starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, The Godfather offers a richly romanticized and brutal portrait and the rise to power of the Corleone crime family. Feeling he had oversentimentalized the Corleones in the first film, Coppola set out to destroy in the harsher, bleaker sequel The Godfather, Part II (1974), which many critics consider superior to its …show more content…
Communication technology has facilitated the evolution of “entertainment” that has reinforced or challenged societal norms since bards entertained audiences by reciting epic poems and oral histories (Zillmann 10). From the time of ancient Greece, linear print technology (alphabets) has altered oral practices and dramatically expanded the capabilities of language by preserving written records of thoughts and ideas (Ong 8).
Many centuries after writing was invented, the technology of the printing press enabled the first mass distribution of books, pamphlets, and newspapers that allowed single authors to inform and entertain large audiences. In what was to become the United States of America, public discourse, facilitated by print technology, argued for democratic freedoms from government tyranny and fueled the fight for American independence (Lucas). In the newly established democracy, “freedom of the press” protections guaranteed that print media sources would continue providing information and
Definition: A critique is a critical or judgmental review of some kind of text. In a critique you may evaluate the author’s opinion, supporting material, and argument.
A Five-Step Approach to Writing a Critique:
1. Introduce the Critique’s Subject. Introduce the work under analysis, identify the author, and provide preliminary information about both. Indicate your thesis (your judgment) and the criteria (how you intend the judge the work).
2. Review the Background Facts or Issues. Review what must be understood before the piece’s idea can be appreciated. Can you identify other data or related issues?
3. Summary of Author’s Argument. Reviews author’s argument and key assumption that one must know before appreciating your …show more content…
His earliest films (Dementia 13, 1963; Finian’s Rainbow, 1968) are undistinguished and do not hint at the talent that suddenly burst forth in The Godfather (1972), the most successful example of the epic narrative film-making produced by a major studio since Gone With the Wind. Starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, The Godfather offers a richly romanticized and brutal portrait and the rise to power of the Corleone crime family. Feeling he had oversentimentalized the Corleones in the first film, Coppola set out to destroy in the harsher, bleaker sequel The Godfather, Part II (1974), which many critics consider superior to its …show more content…
Communication technology has facilitated the evolution of “entertainment” that has reinforced or challenged societal norms since bards entertained audiences by reciting epic poems and oral histories (Zillmann 10). From the time of ancient Greece, linear print technology (alphabets) has altered oral practices and dramatically expanded the capabilities of language by preserving written records of thoughts and ideas (Ong 8).
Many centuries after writing was invented, the technology of the printing press enabled the first mass distribution of books, pamphlets, and newspapers that allowed single authors to inform and entertain large audiences. In what was to become the United States of America, public discourse, facilitated by print technology, argued for democratic freedoms from government tyranny and fueled the fight for American independence (Lucas). In the newly established democracy, “freedom of the press” protections guaranteed that print media sources would continue providing information and