Professional Documents
Culture Documents
o Objective or purpose
o Methods used (if applicable)
o Major findings, claims, ideas, or messages
Review/Critique (in no particular order and around 75% of the paper)
o Appropriateness of methodology to support the arguments (for books and articles) or appropriateness of mode of presentation (other works)
o Theoretical soundness, coherence of ideas
o Sufficiency and soundness of explanation in relation to other available information and experts
o Other perspectives in explaining the concepts and ideas
o It is best to ask the following questions during this part:
Does the writer explicitly state his/her thesis statement?
What are the assumptions (i.e., scientific/logical/literary explanation without evidence) mentioned in the work? Are they explicitly
discussed?
What are the contributions of the work to the field where it belongs?
What problems and issues are discussed or presented in the work?
What kinds of information (e.g., observation, survey, statistics, historical accounts) are presented in the work? How are they used
to support the arguments or thesis?
Are there other ways of supporting the arguments or thesis aside from the information used in the work? Is the author or creator
silent about these alternative ways of explanation?
Conclusion (around 10% of the paper)
o Overall impression of the work
o Scholarly or literary value of the reviewed article, book, or work
o Benefits for the intended audience or field
o Suggestion for future direction of research
For other types of reviews, there is no prescribed structure, but the following sections are almost always present.
Introduction
o Basic details about the material, such as its title, director or artist, name of exhibition/event, and the like
o Main assessment of the material (for films and performances)
Plot Summary/Description
o Gist of the plot
o Simple description of the artwork
Analysis/Interpretation
Discussion and analysis of the work (you may employ the critical approach here)
It is best to ask the following questions during this part.
o What aspects of the work make you think it is a success or failure?
o Were there unanswered questions or plot lines? If yes, how did they affect the story?
o Does the work remind you of other things you have experienced through analogies, metaphors, or other figurative
How does this contribute to the meaning?
o How does the work relate to other ideas or events in the world and/or in your other studies?
o What stood out while you were watching the film or the performance?
Conclusion/Evaluation
o Reinforcement of main assessment
o Comparison to a similar work
o Recommendation of the material (if you liked it)
devices?
e. Did the work remind you of other materials that you have read, viewed or listened to in the past?