Review

Review

A review is a form of journalistic mass media used to evaluate a cultural artifact such as a film, a book, a play, a performance, or a TV program. A review helps you give an overview, opinions, and recommendations. Reviews are found in magazines, newspapers, and blogs.

  • Register and language can be formal or informal depending on where the review is posted.
  • Use past tense.
  • Avoid spoiling details.
  • Use a tone and style intended to engage the reader.
  • Make sure your sentences are complete and well structured.
  • Your review must follow a chronological structure. See steps below.
  • Start your review with a summary – the details of the film, but without mentioning the ending!
  • Follow with a body consisting of an introduction, sometimes with a thesis, and supporting paragraphs about different aspects of the film. Here, mention them in chronological order.
  • Conclude with your verdict. This will be your recommendation.
  • Include a catchy title.
  • Include the name of the reviewer.
  • Use a tone and style to attract the reader’s attention and interest.
  • Audience: This can be invented, and it will depend on what you will be writing the review about.
  • Context: This will be defined by where your review will be published.
  • Purpose: To stimulate interest or inform about something.
  • Saad AlDin, K. & Morley, K. (2018). English B: Second Edition. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. Page 102.