Steps in Writing a Reaction Paper Flashcards
Steps in writing a Reaction Paper
Step 1: Read Attentively and Take Notes
Step 2: Limit the Quantity of the Words
Step 3: Write a Summary of the Text
Step 4: Analyze the Key Points
Step 5: Write a Good Concluding Part
are specialized forms of writing in which a reviewer or reader evaluates
Reaction, Review, and Critique Paper
usually range in length from 250 to 750 words
Reaction Papers, reviews, and critiques
They are NOT
SIMPLY SUMMARIES but are critical assessments,
analyses, or evaluations of different works,
Reaction Papers, reviews, and critiques
They do not rely on merely on opinions; rather
they use both proof and logical reasoning to
substantiate their comments.
Reviewers
They process ideas and
theories, revisit and extend their ideas in a specific
field of study,
Reviewers
They present an analytical response to a
scholarly, literary, or artistic work.
Reviewers
4 CRITICAL APPROACHES IN WRITING
A CRITIQUE
- Formalist criticism or Formalism
- Feminist criticism or Feminism
- Reader Response Criticism
- Marxist Criticism
Claims that literary works contain intrinsic
properties and treat each work as a distinct work
of art.
Formalist criticism or Formalism
It posits that the key to understanding a text
is through the text itself.
Formalist criticism or Formalism
The historical context, the
author, or any other external context are not
necessary in interpreting the meaning.
Formalist criticism or Formalism
Sample Critique of “Dead Stars,” a classic Filipino short story by
Paz Marquez Benitez
Focuses on how literature presents women as
subjects of socio-political, psychological, and
economic oppression.
Feminist criticism or Feminism
reveals how aspects
of our culture are patriarchal, i.e., how our culture
views men as superior and women as inferior.
Feminist criticism or Feminism
Concerned with the reviewer’s reaction as an audience
of a work.
Reader Response Criticism
This approach claims that the reader’s role
cannot be separated from the understanding of the
work; a text does not have meaning until the reader
reads it and interprets it.
Reader Response Criticism
are therefore not
passive and distant, but are active consumers of the
materials presented to them.
Reader Response Criticism
Concerned with differences between economic
classes and implications of a capitalist system,
such as the continuing conflicts between the
working class and the elite.
Marxist Criticism
it attempts to
reveal that the ultimate source of people’s
experience is the socioeconomic system.
Marxist Criticism
Structure of a Reaction Paper, a Review, and a
Critique (Scholarly Books and Articles)
- Introduction (around 5% of the paper)
- Summary (around 10% of the paper)
- Review/ Critique (around 75% of the paper)
- Conclusion (around 10% of the paper)
Introduction includes:
Title of the Book/ Article/ Work
Writer’s Name
Thesis Statement
Summary Includes:
Objective or Purposes
Methods used (if applicable)
Major Findings, claims, ideas, or messages
Conclusion Includes:
Overall impression of the work
Scholarly or literary value of the reviewed article, book, or work
Benefits for the intended audience or field
Suggestion for future direction or research
Basic details about the material such as its title, director or artist, name of exhibition/
event, and the like
Introduction
Main assessment of the material (for films and performances)
Introduction
Gist of the Plot
Plot Summary
Simple Description of the Artwork
Plot Summary
Reinforcement of main assessment
Conclusion
Comparison to a similar work
Conclusion
Recommendation of the material (if you liked it)
Conclusion
Structure of a Reaction Paper, a Review, and a
Critique (Other Types of Review)
Introduction
Plot Summary/ Description
Analysis/ Interpretation
Conclusion/ Evaluation
useful to study the author’s biography before reading his book to be aware of his background, education, occupation, philosophical views, way of life
Step 1: Read Attentively and Take Notes
you are expected to focus on several points which you support or not
Step 2: Limit the Quantity of the Words
It is time to start writing a reaction paper
Step 3: Write a Summary of the Text
present a brief summary of the text under analysis and mention its title
Step 3: Write a Summary of the Text
describe the main idea of the text
Step 3: Write a Summary of the Text
Where does analyzing the content start with?
Author’s pov
choose several essential points for analysis
Step 4: Analyze the Key Points
express your attitude towards the text and its parts
Step 5: Write a good Concluding Part
Summarize how your pov differs from the author’s and what ideas you share with him
Step 5: Write a good Concluding Part
