Writing Resources Writing a Book Review View in PFD Format A critical book review is a thoughtful discussion of a text’s contents‚ strengths‚ and limitations. A book review should reflect your capacity to read critically and to evaluate an author’s arguments and evidence. Compose your review as you would any essay‚ with an argument supported by evidence‚ and a clear‚ logical structure. Initial Steps: 1. Read the book carefully‚ taking notes on material that you think may be relevant
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JuN Professor N/A ENGL 1307.741 5 July 2013 Book Reviews have Feelings too Academic writing is basically writing you will start in college. Once entering an academic community with similar ways of thinking‚ speaking‚ and writing‚ it is important to also develop the skills to do these things in order to have a higher level of educational learning and to join others in conversational studies. Like any other types of writing‚ academic writing has many types of genre that follow under it. These
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Book Review written by Jaya Tripathi Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan Homeless Bird is the story of a young Indian village girl who overcomes adversity and extreme hardship to ultimately live a full and happy life on her own terms. I first heard about this book when a parent expressed his concern about the (in)appropriateness of its selection as required text for 5th graders in a public school in the United States. The book was chosen‚ he was told‚ to educate the students about India. So
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Book Review: Hamilton’s Curse: How Jefferson’s Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution- and what it means for America Today What kind of country is the United States of America? Is it really the land of the free or are the Americans controlled by an imperial presidency? Is America peaceful and prosperous? Is it possible to identify the source of America’s economic problems? Some people have a clear picture of how things really are; while others are never able to see the entire scope of
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Third Sunday of Easter Year C (Homily) 10/04/2016 Fiddler on the Roof is a musical by Sheldon Harnick which had 3000 Broadway performances. It is based on the book Tevye and his Daughters by Joseph Stein‚ set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. The story centres on Tevye‚ the father of five daughters who owned a milk business‚ and his attempts to maintain his family and Jewish religious traditions while outside influences encroach upon their lives. Finally‚ he had to move out of his village because of the
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How to write a book review Perhaps the best way to offer guidelines on how to write a book review is to give you an example of the kind of instructions and guidelines we (i.e. the academic staff) would be given by journals who invite us to review books for them. So‚ here are the instructions given to authors by the ‘Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders’. “A book review should be an objective and tactful evaluation of a book. The review should offer logic and fact in support of its evaluations
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A Woman ’s Power Struggle Of the symbolism in Doris Lessing ’s short story‚ "A Woman on the Roof"‚ the most obvious symbols are the women‚ her roof and the three workmen. This story is about a woman ’s power struggle. In a time period such as the one this story takes place in‚ it may sound a bit ironic and historically speaking‚ we would not mention the words woman and power in the same sentence. Lessing uses symbolism to show the power struggles woman went through to gain freedom from an unequal
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Essay: Katcinas Book Review by Matthew Sessions Peer Reviewer: Alison Wood Does the book review clearly address the Compliment guideline? In other words‚ does the book review tell you what the book’s author accomplished effectively and why? If not‚ what does the writer need to include? If yes‚ give the writer some constructive feedback about the strengths of their book review. You did really well in telling what Jesse Walter Fewkes does well in portraying in his book. I particularly liked that
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Even though the book was interesting and entertaining‚ I dislike some features of the book. On a scale of 1-10‚ I would rate the book 4 stars because the story includes themes on violence‚ lack of equality‚ and even the corrupt use of power. First of all‚ brutality is portrayed by Napoleon because he requires innocent animals and even his rivals to confess their crimes and be murdered publicly. For example‚ according to Animal Farm‚ the text states‚ "Immediately the dogs bounded forward‚ seized
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Least: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof I find it funny that Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams is the last play we viewed in class because it sums up each and every play I have seen in this English 100 and Drama 235 class. All four plays tie-in with Cat on a Hot Tin Roof for it talks about: Lies (Oedipus Rex)‚ jealousy (Othello)‚ sexuality or gender roles (A Doll’s House) and the American Dream or greed (Death of a Salesman). The most versatile play that is Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is carefully handcrafted
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